1 Corinthians 11:26 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

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ASV

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.

KJV

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Sacraments, Book 4, Chapter 6 (397)

Therefore, whenever you receive, what does the Apostle say to you? Whenever we receive, we proclaim the death of the Lord. If we proclaim his death, we proclaim the forgiveness of sins. Whenever his blood is poured out, it is poured out for the forgiveness of sins; I must always receive it, so that my sins are always forgiven. As I always sin, I must always have the medicine.

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The Nineteenth Century5 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye do show the Lord’s death - As in the passover they showed forth the bondage they had been in, and the redemption they had received from it; so in the eucharist they showed forth the sacrificial death of Christ, and the redemption from sin derived from it.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2638: “The Right Observance of the Lord's Supper” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1899)

WE have no respect whatever for the ordinances of men in religion. Anything that is only invented by churches, or councils, is nothing whatever to us. We know of two ordinances instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ—the Baptism of Believers and the Lord's Supper. And we utterly abhor and reject all pretended "sacraments" of every kind. And because we observe these two ordinances, and these two, only, we are the more concerned that they should be properly used and duly understood, and that they should minister to the edification of those who participate in them.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2307: “The Greatest Exhibition of the Age” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1893)

FIRST, let me say that the Lord's Supper is nothing to us unless we partake of it as spiritual persons in a spiritual way. We must understand what we are doing in coming to the Communion Table. The mere mechanical celebration will be vanity. It may even be a sin. To observe this ordinance aright, you must bring your mind in an awakened state. You must come with holy faith, love and concentrated thought. I pray that we may so come, tonight. I know how mechanical we all get.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2872: “The Lord's Supper” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1904)

This solemn ordinance has been instituted and perpetuated to commemorate the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, but there is no ordinance to commemorate His life. One reason for this is because His death implies His life—when you commemorate His death, you testify that He lived. Another reason is that the Christian's life, better than any ordinance, is the proof that Christ lived and the testimony to this world how He lived.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2942: “The Objective of the Lord's Supper” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1905)

IT seems to me that the Lord's Supper should be received by us often. When the Apostle says, in our text, "As often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup," and our Lord said, in instituting the ordinance, "This do you, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me," I will not say that their words absolutely teach that we should frequently come to the Communion Table, but I do think they give us a hint that if we act rightly, we shall often observe this Supper of the Lord.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁσάκις	hosakis	As often as	G3740 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐὰν	ean	when	G1437 →
ἐσθίητε	esthiēte	you shall eat	G2068 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
ἄρτον	arton	bread	G740 →
τοῦτον	touton	this	G3778 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ποτήριον	potērion	cup	G4221 →
πίνητε,	pinēte	may drink,	G4095 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
θάνατον	thanaton	death	G2288 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κυρίου	kuriou	Lord	G2962 →
καταγγέλλετε	katangellete	you proclaim	G2605 →
ἄχρι	achri	until	G891 →
οὗ	hou	that	G3739 →
ἔλθῃ.¶	elthē	He may come.	G2064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:7
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
leads to
- Matthew 24:30
  At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Zechariah 12:10
  Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- John 19:37
  And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
- Mark 14:62
  “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Through
John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
Through
Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
leads to
- Titus 2:13
  as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Through
Acts 1:11
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have…
leads to
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

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