1 Corinthians 11:24

“And when he had given thanks, etc.] So (<422219>Luke 22:19), but (<402626>Matthew 26:26) and (<411422>Mark 14:22) say “he blessed”; not the bread, but his Father; for to bless and give thanks is one and the same thing with the Jews; so we often read of their blessing for the fruits of the earth, for wine and bread; concerning which they have these rules f231, “he that blesseth for the wine, before food, frees the wine that is after food; he that blesseth for the dessert before food, frees the dessert after food; tph l[ Ærb, “he that blesseth for the bread”, frees the dessert, for the dessert does not free the bread;” or excuse from a blessing for that again; “if they sit at eating, everyone…”

“brake--The breaking of the bread involves its distribution and reproves the Corinthian mode at the love-feast, of "every one taking before other his own supper." my body . . . broken for you--"given" (Luk 22:19) for you (Greek, "in your behalf"), and "broken," so as to be distributed among you. The oldest manuscripts omit "broken," leaving it to be supplied from "brake." The two old versions, Memphitic and Thebaic, read from Luke, "given." The literal "body" could not have been meant; for Christ was still sensibly present among His disciples when He said, "This is My body." They could only have understood Him symbolically and analogically: As this bread is to your bodily health, so My body…”

“And when he had given thanks - See the note on Matthew 26:26. Matthew reads it, “and blessed it.” The words used here are, however, substantially the same as there; and this fact shows that since this was communicated to Paul “directly” by the Saviour, and in a manner distinct from that by which Matthew learned the mode of the institution, the Saviour designed that the exact form of the words should be used in its observance, and should thus be constantly borne in mind by his people. Take eat ... - See the note on Matthew 26:26. return to 'Top of Page'”

“This is my body, which is broken for you - That is, this broken bread is the sign of my body, which is even now to be pierced and wounded for your iniquities. Take then, and eat of, this bread, in an humble, thankful, obediential remembrance of my dying love; of the extremity of my sufferings on your behalf, of the blessings I have thereby procured for you, and of the obligations to love and duty which I have by all this laid upon you. 1 Corinthians 11:25”

“11:24 Jews and early Christians traditionally gave thanks to God for their food before eating (see study note on Mark 14:22-25). • This is my body: Cp. John 6:32-35, 48-58.”

“eat: Co1 5:7, Co1 5:8; Psa 22:26, Psa 22:29; Pro 9:5; Sol 5:1; Isa 25:6, Isa 55:1-3; Joh 6:53-58 this: Co1 11:27, Co1 11:28, Co1 10:3, Co1 10:4, Co1 10:16, Co1 10:17 in remembrance: or, for a remembrance, Exo 12:14; Jos 4:7; Psa 111:4; Sol 1:4; Isa 26:8; Mat 26:13 1 Corinthians 11:25”