Matthew 26:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,Drink ye all of it; ”

• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying, Drink ye (n) all of it; (n) Therefore they who took away the cup from the people, disobeyed the instruction of Christ.

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Matthew 26:27 . Drink you all of it. As it was the design of Christ to keep our faith wholly fixed on himself, that we may not seek any thing apart from him, he employed two symbols to show...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; And he took the cup - Μετα το δειπνησαι, after having supped, Luke 22:20 , and 1 Corinthians 11:25 . Whether...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And he took the cup— We learn from Jewish writers, that the wine was mixed with water on these occasions; and from the first fathers, that the primitive Christians adopted this custom. He blessed t...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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 ).

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• Matthew 26:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He took the cup, and gave thanks. — The better MSS. omit the article; thus making it, “ a cup.” In the later ritual of the Passover, the cup of wine (or rather, of wine mingled with water) was pas...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he took the cup and gave thanks ,.... For the Jews blessed, or gave thanks for their wine, as well as for their food, and generally did it in this form w: "Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, th...

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• Matthew 26:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Ver. 27. And he took the cup ] Anciently of glass, afterwards of wood, and lastly of silver or gold. Whenc...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he took the cup Called by the Jews the cup of thanksgiving; which the master of the family used likewise to give to each after supper. And gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this That...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 26:30 " .

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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....

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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,...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - 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...

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• Matthew 26:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The institution of the Lord's Supper:

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• Matthew 26:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 11:28 ; Isaiah 25:6 ; Isaiah 55:1 ; Luke 22:20 ; Mark 14:23 ; Mark 14:24 ; Psalms 116:13 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 ; Song of Solomon 7:9

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• Matthew 26:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And he took the cup — Called by the Jews the cup of thanksgiving; which the master of the family used likewise to give to each after supper.

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