Luke 22:20
He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
21Yet the hand of him who is betraying me is at the table with me.
Cross References
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant.
1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me."
Hebrews 8:6But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.
Hebrews 9:17And a will is only of force in the case of a deceased person, being never of any avail so long as he who made it lives.
Hebrews 13:20Now may God who gives peace, and brought Jesus, our Lord, up again from among the dead--even Him who, by virtue of the blood of the eternal Covenant, is the great Shepherd of the sheep--
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 →