Luke 22:17
Then Jesus took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
In Context
16For I say to you, I will not eat it again, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
18For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until the kingdom of God comes.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:10You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that he has given you.
Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; 1 you have anointed my head with oil; 1 my cup runs over. 1
Jeremiah 16:7No one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.
Luke 22:19Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Timothy 4:4For everything created by God is good. Nothing that we take with thanksgiving is to be rejected.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:8-21
The Keeping of the Passover. 7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the… Read the whole commentary →