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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

The cup {G4221} of blessing {G2129} which {G3739} we bless {G2127}, is it {G2076} not {G3780} the communion {G2842} of the blood {G129} of Christ {G5547}? The bread {G740} which {G3739} we break {G2806}, is it {G2076} not {G3780} the communion {G2842} of the body {G4983} of Christ {G5547}?

The “cup of blessing” over which we make the b’rakhah — isn’t it a sharing in the bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah? The bread we break, isn’t it a sharing in the body of the Messiah?

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 26:26 (15 votes)

    ¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

  • Matthew 26:28 (15 votes)

    For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:23 (11 votes)

    ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:

  • 1 Corinthians 11:29 (11 votes)

    For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

  • Acts 2:42 (11 votes)

    ¶ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

  • 1 John 1:7 (10 votes)

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Hebrews 3:14 (9 votes)

    For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;