SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:27
Y tomando el vaso, y habiendo dado gracias, les dio, diciendo: Bebed de l todos;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:27
Verse 27. And he took the cup] meta to deipnhsai, after having supped, Luke xxii. 20, and 1 Cor. xi. 25. Whether the supper was on the paschal lamb, or whether it was a common or ordinary meal, I shall not wait here to inquire: see at the end of this chapter. In the parallel place, in Luke 22, we find our Lord taking the cup, Luke xxii. 17, and again Luke xxii. 19; by the former of which was probably meant the cup of blessing, hkrbh owk kos haberakah, which the master of a family took, and, after blessing God, gave to each of his guests by way of welcome: but this second taking the cup is to be understood as belonging to the very important rite which he was now instituting, and on which he lays a very remarkable stress. With respect to the bread, he had before simply said, Take, eat, this is my body; but concerning the cup he says, Drink ye all of this: for as this pointed out the very essence of the institution, viz. the blood of atonement, it was necessary that each should have a particular application of it; therefore he says, Drink ye ALL of THIS. By this we are taught that the cup is essential to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; so that they who deny the cup to the people sin against God's institution; and they who receive not the cup are not partakers of the body and blood of Christ. If either could without mortal prejudice be omitted, it might be the bread; but the cup, as pointing out the blood poured out, i.e. the life, by which alone the great sacrificial act is performed, and remission of sins procured, is absolutely indispensable. On this ground it is demonstrable, that there is not a priest under heaven, who denies the cup to the people, that can be said to celebrate the Lord's Supper at all; nor is there one of their votaries that ever received the holy sacrament. All pretension to this is an absolute farce, so long as the cup, the emblem of the atoning blood, is denied. How strange is it, that the very men who plead so much for the bare literal meaning of this is my body, in the preceding verse, should deny all meaning to drink YE ALL of this cup, in this verse! And though Christ has in the most positive manner enjoined it, they will not permit one of the laity to taste it! O, what a thing is man-a constant contradiction to reason and to himself. I have just said that our blessed Lord lays remarkable stress on the administration of the cup, and on that which himself assures us is represented by it. As it is peculiarly emphatic, I beg leave to set down the original text, which the critical reader will do well minutely to examine: touto gar esti to aima mou to thv kainhv diaqhkhv, to peri pollwn ekcunomenon eiv afesin amartiwn. The following literal translation and paraphrase do not exceed its meaning:-For THIS is THAT blood of mine which was pointed out by all the sacrifices under the Jewish law, and particularly by the shedding and sprinkling of the blood of the paschal lamb. THAT blood of the sacrifice slain for the ratification of the new covenant. THE blood ready to be poured out for the multitudes, the whole Gentile world as well as the Jews, for the taking away of sins; sin, whether original or actual, in all its power and guilt, in all its internal energy and pollution.
And gave thanks] See the form used on this occasion, on Matthew xxvi. 26; and see the MISHNA, TRACT twkrb Beracoth.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. And he took the cup and gave thanks , etc.] For the Jews blessed, or gave thanks for their wine, as well as for their food, and generally did it in this form f1542 : Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, the king of the world, who hast created the fruit of the vine.
Hence the phrase, the fruit of the vine, in ( Matthew 26:29), not that we are to suppose, that Christ used or confined himself to this form of words: and it is to be observed, that they not only gave thanks for their wine before food, and whilst they were eating f1543 , but also after meat; and as this relates to the blessing of the cup after eating, or as the Apostle Paul says, when he had supped, ( 1 Corinthians 11:25). I shall only transcribe what the Jews say concerning that: When wine is brought to them after food, if there is but that cup there, the house of Shammai say, yyh l[ rbm , he blesses, or gives thanks for the wine, and after that gives thanks for the food: the house of Hillell say, he gives thanks for the food, and after that gives thanks for the wine.
And as this was usual at ordinary meals, to bless or give thanks for the wine, so at the passover; and which our Lord continued in his supper, and is to be practised by us. It should be further known, that the wine at the passover, and so what Christ used at his supper, was red. Says R. Jeremiah it is commanded to perform this duty, wda yyb with red wine.
And elsewhere it is said f1546 , that it is necessary, that there should be in it (the wine) taste and look.
The gloss on it is, wda ahy , that it should be red: and which, as it most fitly represented the blood sprinkled on the door posts of the Israelites, when the Lord passed over their houses; so the blood of Christ, shed for the remission of the sins of his people. It is scarcely worth observing the measure of one of the cups, that was used at such a time: they say f1547 , that the four cups which were drank at this feast, held an, Italian quart of wine, so that one cup contained half a pint. More particularly, they ask how much is the measure of a cup? the answer is, two fingers square, and a finger and a half and the third part of a finger deep; or as it is elsewhere f1548 , the fifth part of a finger: and gave it to them, saying, drink ye all of it ; for this is not to be restrained from one sort of communicants, and only partook of by another; but all are to drink of the cup, as well as eat of the bread: whether here is not an allusion to the custom of the Jews at the passover, when they obliged all to drink four cups of wine, men, women, and children, and even the poorest man in Israel, who was maintained out of the alms dish f1549 , may be considered.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-30 - This ordinance of the Lord's supper is to us the passover supper, by which we commemorate a much greater deliverance than that of Israel ou of Egypt. Take, eat; accept of Christ as he is offered to you; receiv the atonement, approve of it, submit to his grace and his government Meat looked upon, be the dish ever so well garnished, will not nourish it must be fed upon: so must the doctrine of Christ. This is my body that is, spiritually, it signifies and represents his body. We partak of the sun, not by having the sun put into our hands, but the beams of it darted down upon us; so we partake of Christ by partaking of his grace, and the blessed fruits of the breaking of his body. The blood of Christ is signified and represented by the wine. He gave thanks, to teach us to look to God in every part of the ordinance. This cup he gave to the disciples with a command, Drink ye all of it. The pardon of sin is that great blessing which is, in the Lord's supper, conferred of all true believers; it is the foundation of all other blessings. He takes leave of such communion; and assures them of a happy meetin again at last; "Until that day when I drink it new with you\rdblquote may be understood of the joys and glories of the future state, whic the saints shall partake with the Lord Jesus. That will be the kingdo of his Father; the wine of consolation will there be always new. Whil we look at the outward signs of Christ's body broken and his blood she for the remission of our sins, let us recollect that the feast cost his as much as though he had literally given his flesh to be eaten and his blood for us to drink.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ λαβων 2983 5631 V-2AAP-NSM το 3588 T-ASN ποτηριον 4221 N-ASN και 2532 CONJ ευχαριστησας 2168 5660 V-AAP-NSM εδωκεν 1325 5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM λεγων 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSM πιετε 4095 5628 V-2AAM-2P εξ 1537 PREP αυτου 846 P-GSN παντες 3956 A-NPM
