1 Corinthians Chapter 11, Verse 26
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26: οσακις γαρ αν εσθιητε τον αρτον τουτον και το ποτηριον τουτο πινητε τον θανατον του κυριου καταγγελλετε αχρις ου αν ελθη
26: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death till he come.
26: For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice,
you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.
For as often. Whenever you do this.
Ye eat this bread. This is a direct and positive refutation of the doctrine of the papists, that the bread is changed into the real body of the Lord Jesus. Here it is expressly called bread -- bread still -- bread after the consecration. Before the Saviour instituted the ordinance he took "bread" -- it was bread then; it was "bread" which he "blessed" and "brake;" and it was bread when it was given to them; and it was bread when Paul here says they ate. How, then, can it be pretended that it is anything else but bread? And what an amazing and astonishing absurdity it is to believe that that bread is changed into the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ!
Ye do shew the Lord's death. You set forth or exhibit, in an impressive manner, the fact that he was put to death; you exhibit the emblems of his broken body and shed blood, and your belief of the fact that he died. This shows that the ordinance was to be so far public as to be a proper showing forth of their belief in the death of the Saviour. It should be public. It is one mode of professing attachment to the Redeemer; and its public observance often has a most impressive effect on those who witness its observance.
Till he come. Till he return to judge the world.
- "ye do shew" "shew ye"
