And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves.
He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves,
And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
He took the cup - This was not the sacramental cup, for that was taken after supper, Luke 22:20, but was the cup which was ordinarily taken before supper.
Divide it among yourselves - Pass the cup from one to another; thus the cup which Christ gave to the first person on his right hand continued to be handed from one to another, till it came to the last person on his left.
And he took the cup and gave thanks - This was not the "sacramental" cup, for that was taken "after" supper, Luke 22:20. This was one of the cups which were usually taken during the celebration of the Passover, and pertained to that observance. "After" he had kept this in the usual manner, he instituted the supper which bears his name, using the bread and wine which had been prepared for the Passover, and thus ingrafted the Lord's Supper on the Passover, or superseded the Passover by another ordinance, which was intended to be perpetual.
22:17 And he took the cup - That cup which used to be brought at the beginning of the paschal solemnity, and said, Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I will not drink - As if he had said, Do not expect me to drink of it: I will drink no more before I die.