καὶ εἶπεν : while they drank the cup (not after they had drunk it, De Wette: nor before they began to drink, as Mt.'s narrative by itself would suggest), Jesus explained to them the symbolic import of the cup. The important point in Mk.'s account of the words, as compared with Mt.'s, is the omission of the expression, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.

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