Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- BSB In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
- NKJV Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
- NASB And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.
- NLT After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.
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Quick answer
After supper Jesus takes the cup and calls it the new covenant in His blood, poured out for them. He grounds the new covenant in His sacrificial death.
Overview
Jesus declares that His shed blood inaugurates the new covenant promised in Jeremiah, securing forgiveness and a renewed relationship with God. The cup proclaims that His life is given as a substitute for His people. This is the heart of the gospel: redemption purchased by Christ's own blood, applied to all who trust Him.
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- Covenant"This cup is the new covenant in my blood."
Cross-references · 12
- Zech 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
- Matt 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- 1 Cor 11:25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
- Exod 24:8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
- Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
- 2 Cor 3:6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
- Jer 31:31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
- Heb 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
- Heb 8:6–13But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Heb 9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
- Heb 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
- 1 Cor 10:16–21The 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?
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