Matthew 26:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,Take, eat; this is my body. ”

Matthew 26:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 14:22-26 ; Luke 22:15-20 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 . Matthew 26:26 As they were eating - As they were eating the paschal supper, near the close of the meal. Luke adds that...
Matthew 26:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and (l) blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; (m) this is my body. (7) Christ who will without delay fulfi...
Matthew 26:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Bread and the Wine ( Mark 14:22-25 *: Luke 22:17-20 has a different arrangement). Mt. is practically identical with Mk., but adds ( Matthew 26:28 ) that the blood of the covenant which is sh...
Matthew 26:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bread . a hard biscuit, which required to be broken. this is . this represents. See App-159 and App-6, Figure of speech Metaphor.
Matthew 26:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 . And while they were eating, Jesus took bread. I do not understand these words to mean that with the paschal supper was mixed this new and more excellent supper, but rather th...
Matthew 26:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it , and brake it , and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Jesus took bread - This is the first institution of...
Matthew 26:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread— After they had done eating, &c. Our Lord instituted the holy communion after the paschal feast. See Luke 22:20 and 1 Corinthians 11:25 . This pas...
Matthew 26:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? For the exposition, see the notes...
Matthew 26:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus ( Mark 14:1 ; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1 ).
Matthew 26:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As they were eating. — Again we must represent to ourselves an interval of silence, broken by the act or words that followed. The usual “grace” or blessing had been spoken at the beginning of the f...
Matthew 26:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 26:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Self-confident Disciple Warned Matthew 26:26-35 The Passover looked back to the dread hour of the Exodus; the Supper links Calvary with the Second Advent. In partaking of it we should not con...
Matthew 26:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucifie...
Matthew 26:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, (15) And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pi...
Matthew 26:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as they were eating ,.... The paschal lamb, and just concluding the whole solemnity, which was done by eating some of the k lamb: for "last of all he (that kept the passover) eats of the flesh...
Matthew 26:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it , and brake it , and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Ver. 26. Jesus took bread ] From bread and wine...
Matthew 26:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread The bread , or cake, which the master of the family used to divide among them, after they had eaten the passover. This custom our Lord now transferred to...
Matthew 26:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
Matthew 26:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Institution of the Lord's Supper. 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to...
Matthew 26:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 26:30 " . See Poole on " Mark 6:41 " .
Matthew 26:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Through Suffering to Triumph (26:1-28). Matthew's description of what follows in the next few days is very much abbreviated compared with Mark's and Luke's. While seemingly following Mark or his s...
Matthew 26:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 26:28 . New. —Omitted in R.V., on the authority of the best MSS. Testament. — Covenant (R.V.). The term διαθήκη is here of peculiar importance. It does not mean either a...
Matthew 26:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:26-28 Notice: I. When the Lord's Supper was first kept, and who kept it. As He was eating, Jesus took bread. He was eating unleavened bread and drinking wine at the Feast of the Passov...
Matthew 26:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

6, 7. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat....
Matthew 26:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:2 . After two day is the passover. This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα pascha, and the Hebrew word פסח pesach, because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb,...
Matthew 26:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it. Relation of the Holy Communion to Christ The bread and cup are His body and blood, because they are causes instrumental, upon the rece...
Matthew 26:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM . Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the...
Matthew 26:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body.
Matthew 26:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 10:17 ; 1 Corinthians 10:4 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 ; 1 Corinthians 11:26-29 ; Acts 2:46 ; Acts 20:7 ; Ezekiel 5:4 ; Ezekiel 5:5 ; Galatians 4:24 ; Gala...
Matthew 26:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jesus took the bread — the bread or cake, which the master of the family used to divide among them, after they had eaten the passover. The custom our Lord now transferred to a nobler use. This brea...

Matthew 26:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 26:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 26:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 26:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 26:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 26:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 26:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes