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Mark 14:22

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

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ASV

And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

KJV

And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

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Hebraic traditional view

The meal on the table

Mark dates the meal precisely: “when they sacrificed the Passover lamb.” Passover (Pesach) was then a Temple feast: the lamb slain in the courts that afternoon, eaten that night with unleavened bread (matzah) and wine, in a room inside Jerusalem, in company: exactly the arrangements the disciples are sent to make. The hymn sung on the way out (14:26) would by long custom have been from the Hallel, Psalms 113–118, the Passover psalms: which means “the stone the builders rejected” (Psalm 118:22) was likely on His lips that night.

Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 10 (the meal's order) · Psalm 118:22 (the Hallel's rejected stone)

Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐσθιόντωνesthiontōnwhen are eatingG2068 →
αὐτῶν,autōnthey,G846 →
λαβὼνlabōnhaving takenG2983 →
ἄρτον,artonbread,G740 →
εὐλογήσαςeulogēsashaving spoken a blessingG2127 →
ἔκλασενeklasenHe brokeG2806 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἔδωκενedōkenHe gave [it]G1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036 →
λάβετεlabetedo takeG2983 →
τοῦτόtoutothisG3778 →
ἐστινestinisG1510 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
σῶμάsōmabodyG4983 →
μου.mouof Me.G3165 →

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Matthew 26:26–29While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.1 Corinthians 10:16–17Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?1 Corinthians 11:23–29For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,Mark 14:23Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.Luke 22:18–20For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”Luke 24:30While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.John 6:48–58I am the bread of life.John 6:23However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.Mark 6:41Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.Genesis 41:26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.Zechariah 5:7And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.Matthew 14:19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

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