And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Brake. The breaking of the bread involves its distribution, and reproves the Corinthians at the love feast: "every one taketh before other his own supper."
My body, which is broken for you - "given" (Luke 22:19) for х huper (G5228)] you (in your behalf), and "broken," to be distributed among you. 'Aleph (') A B omit "broken," leaving it to be supplied from "brake." C Delta G support "broken." The Memphitic and Thebaic versions read from Luke, "given." The literal "body" cannot be meant; for Christ was still sensibly present among his disciples. They could only have understood Him analogically. As the bread is to your bodily health, so my body is to the believing communicant's spiritual health. "Take, eat," are not in 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G: Amiatine, Vulgate, has them.