Mt. 26:26 And as they were eating, Yeshua took bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
Mk. 14:22 And as they were eating, Yeshua took bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
Lk. 22:19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “this is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
“Do this in remembrance of Me” is the key phrase. It is not transubstantiation as taught by Roman Catholicism, nor is it consubstantiation as taught by the Lutheran Church. It is a memorial of what Yeshua did on the cross for all of us. To make it anything else but that dishonors the memory. Transubstantiation means “to change one substance into another and refers to the Roman Catholic dogma that in the Eucharist the elements of bread and wine are changed into the substance of the body and blood of Yeshua. Consubstantiation is a Eucharist doctrine that holds that the substance of Yeshua’s body and blood is conjoined with the substance of the bread and wine in the Eucharist.
Mt. 26:27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.”
Mk. 14:23 Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
Lk. 22:17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.”
One of the best examples of Yeshua obeying the Rabbinic commands is in the area of blessings. The Scriptural foundation for the blessing of observant Jews is Deut. 8:10. Rabbis use this text to say a blessing before and after a meal, as well as many other occasions. The general rule is “anything which is enjoyed requires a blessing" (BT:Berachoth 35a). Unfortunately, the English translations of the Greek text are often misleading since in the Greek texts there is no direct object following the verbs “blessed,” “broke,” and “gave.” The translators in such places have added the word “it” after each of these indicating that Yeshua blessed the bread and the wine, instead of the Lord. This is simply a misunderstanding of the Hebraic concepts of the word “bless.”
Sources: Deut. 8:10' BT:Berachoth 35a
Mt. 26:28 “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Mk. 14:24 And He said to them, “this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
Lk. 22:20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.”
Mt. 26:29 “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s Kingdom.”
Mk. 14:25 “Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”
Lk. 22:18 “For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes.”
He refused, however, to drink the fourth cup (M:Pesachim 10:7), referred to as the cup of consummation (Exod. 6:7), based on the promise that God will take His own people to be with Him. The unfinished meal of Yeshua was a pledge that redemption would be consummated at a future Messianic Banquet when He takes the cup and “drinks it anew in the Kingdom of God.”
Sources: Exod. 6:7; M:Pesachim 10:7
Mt. 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Mk. 14:26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
The hymn that they sung is called the Hallel. It consists of Psalm 113 - 118.
Writing to the church at Corinth, the Apostle Paul shared with them what Yeshua had instructed him concerning the Lord’s Supper. This gives us a second witness to this teaching.
1 Corin. 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Yeshua on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread.
1 Corin. 11:24 And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corin. 11:25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corin. 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.”
1 Corin. 11:27 Therefore whosoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corin. 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.
1 Corin. 11:29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
1 Corin. 11:30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
1 Corin. 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
1 Corin. 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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