1 Corinthians 10:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For we, being many, &c.— This verse is still a further proof that the cup of blessing, &c. is not, as some would urge, merely a commemoration of a deceased benefactor; but a commemoration of Christ's death and passion. In this verse the Apostle alludes to the Jewish custom of having but one loaf at the passover, which was not divided, till broken in order to be distributed, he says, therefore, that the partaking of one bread, made the receivers of many to become one body:—A just inference, according to the idea that we have affixed to this rite; for then the communion of the body and blood of Christ helps to unite the spiritual and sincere receivers into one body, by an equal distribution of one common benefit; or, in the elegant words of the liturgy of the church of England, "Then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us."