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Luke 22:19

“And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.””

Luke 22:19 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

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Paul and Luke give the words of the supper almost identically: “do this in remembrance of me” and “this cup is the new covenant in my blood,” which Matthew and Mark do not have in this form.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • ἄρτονartonG740ἄρτονartonG740“bread”
  • εὐχαριστήσαςeucharistēsasG2168εὐχαριστήσαςeucharistēsasG2168“give thanks”
  • ἔκλασενeklasenG2806ἔκλασενeklasenG2806“break (bread)”
  • ἀνάμνησινanamnēsinG364ἀνάμνησινanamnēsinG364“remembrance”
  • ποτήριονpotērionG4221ποτήριονpotērionG4221“cup”
  • καινὴkainēG2537καινὴkainēG2537“new”
  • διαθήκηdiathēkēG1242διαθήκηdiathēkēG1242“covenant”

Luke 22:19, word by word

takingλαβὼνlabōn

take

To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.

Where else “labōn” appears
breadἄρτονarton

bread

A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.

Where else “arton” appears
and giving thanksεὐχαριστήσαςeucharistēsas

give thanks

Give thanks.

Where else “eucharistēsas” appears
he broke itἔκλασενeklasen

break

Break, especially bread.

Where else “eklasen” appears
gave itἔδωκενedōken

give

To hand something to another freely, as a gift.

Where else “edōken” appears
sayingλέγωνlegōn

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legōn” appears
isἐστινestin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estin” appears
bodyσῶμάsōma

body

The person in his physical part, living or dead.

Where else “sōma” appears
doποιεῖτεpoieite

do

To carry out an action or cause an effect.

Where else “poieite” appears
remembranceἀνάμνησινanamnēsin

remembrance

Remembrance, memorial.

Where else “anamnēsin” appears
of meἐμὴνemēn

my, mine

My, mine.

Where else “emēn” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Some ancient manuscripts lack the words from “which is given for you” to the end of verse 20.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

The Last Supper

Matthew 26:26-29Mark 14:22-25

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Luke 22:14-20

14And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15And he said to them, “With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I tell you that I will never eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17And having received a cup, and given thanks, he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18for I tell you, I will never drink from now on of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20And the cup likewise after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Matthew 26:26-29

26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, he broke it and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27And taking a cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, 28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29But I tell you, I will never drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.”

Mark 14:22-25

22And as they were eating, taking bread and blessing, he broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23And taking a cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly I tell you that I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

The context

18for I tell you, I will never drink from now on of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19 · This verse (above)

20And the cup likewise after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Read all of Luke 22

To study Luke 22 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    At the Passover meal, what does Jesus do and say with the bread and with the cup? (vv. 14-20)

  2. 2. What it means

    The disciples argue about who is greatest, and Jesus says he is among them “as one who serves.” What does he ask of them? (vv. 24-27)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Peter said he was ready for anything, and then denied Jesus three times (vv. 33-34, 54-62). What can you learn from Peter?

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