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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.”
Luke 22:19 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”
  • KJV And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
  • BSB And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  • NASB And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  • NLT He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

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Quick answer

Jesus takes bread, gives thanks, breaks it, and says, 'This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.' He institutes the Lord's Supper as a memorial of His sacrificial death.

Overview

Jesus gives the bread a new meaning, identifying it with His body given for His people on the cross. The command to 'do this in memory of me' establishes an ongoing ordinance for the church. Faithful Christians differ over the precise sense of Christ's presence in the Supper, yet all affirm it proclaims His atoning death for sinners.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • 1 Cor 11:23–29For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
  • 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
  • Mark 14:22–24As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”
  • Luke 22:20Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
  • Matt 26:26–28As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
  • 1 Cor 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
  • Ps 111:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
  • Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
  • Luke 24:30When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.
  • Gal 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father —
  • John 6:51I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
  • Matt 14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
  • 1 Pet 2:24who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
  • Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • John 6:23However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
  • Ps 78:4–6We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
  • Luke 22:17He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves,
  • Song 1:4Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
  • 1 Th 5:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
  • Zech 5:7–8(and behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.”
  • Gen 41:26–27The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
  • Dan 4:22–24it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong; for your greatness is grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
  • Dan 2:38and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold.
  • Gal 4:25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
  • Ezek 37:11Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

How Luke 22:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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