1 Corinthians 10:16. The cup of blessing. This was the name given by the Jews to the last and most sacred of those cups of wine which were partaken of at the Paschal feast, and from that the expression was transferred to the Lord's Supper.

is it not a communion of (or ‘participation in') the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of (or ‘participation in') the body of Christ? As all the four accounts mention the “breaking” of the bread, it is plain that this was meant to be no mere preliminary act, but an essential feature of the ordinance, considered as a teaching rite; proclaiming the fundamental truth that we are reconciled to God, not by the life, but by the death of Christ. “This is my body, broken for you

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Old Testament