And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
- BSB He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
- NKJV And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
- NASB And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many.
- NLT And he said to them, “This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many.
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Quick answer
Jesus identifies the cup as his blood of the covenant, poured out for many. His death inaugurates a new relationship between God and his people.
Overview
Echoing the covenant blood of Exodus 24 and the promised new covenant of Jeremiah 31, Jesus declares that his death establishes the covenant in his blood. 'Poured out for many' recalls the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 who bears the sins of many. Here the gospel is summarized: his sacrificial death secures forgiveness and a renewed covenant bond.
Cross-references & the web
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- 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.
- 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.
- Rev 7:9–17After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
- Heb 9:15–23And 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.
- John 6:53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
- 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.
- Rev 5:8–10And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- 1 Cor 10:16The 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?
- Mark 10:45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Heb 13:20–21Now 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,
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