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Mark 14:22

In the course of their meal, having taken and blessed the bread, he broke it and gave it to them. Then he said, Take, this is my body.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Craftiness;   Eucharist (the Lord's Supp;   Jesus, the Christ;   Passover;   Prayer;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Communion;   Feasts;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Food, Spiritual;   Lord's;   Sacrament of the Lord's Supper;   Spiritual;   Supper, the Lord's;   The Topic Concordance - Atonement;   Blood;   Body;   Sacrifice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Passover;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Body;   Church, the;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Forgiveness;   Hospitality;   Suffering;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lord's Supper;   Prophecy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lord's Supper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Ordinances;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eucharist;   John, Gospel of;   Judas Iscariot;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Benediction;   Blessing (2);   Body;   Body (2);   Communion (2);   Cup ;   Discourse;   Fellowship (2);   Ideas (Leading);   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Meals;   Organization (2);   Passion Week;   Redemption (2);   Sacrifice (2);   Thanksgiving ;   Upper Room (2);   Worship;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Chamber;   Judas;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lord (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Mediation;   Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Haggadah (Shel Pesaḥ);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As they were eating, he took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”
King James Version (1611)
And as they did eate, Iesus tooke bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gaue to them, and said, Take, eate: this is my body.
King James Version
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
English Standard Version
And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."
New American Standard Bible
While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."
New Century Version
While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to his followers and said, "Take it; this is my body."
Amplified Bible
While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it [giving thanks and praise], and He broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take it. This is My body."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."
Legacy Standard Bible
And while they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."
Berean Standard Bible
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take it; this is My body."
Contemporary English Version
During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this. It is my body."
Complete Jewish Bible
While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b'rakhah, broke it, gave it to them and said, "Take it! This is my body."
Darby Translation
And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread, when he had blessed, broke [it], and gave [it] to them, and said, Take [this]: this is my body.
Easy-to-Read Version
While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke off some pieces, gave them to his followers and said, "Take and eat this bread. It is my body."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And as they did eate, Iesus tooke the bread, and when hee had giuen thankes, he brake it and gaue it to them, and sayde, Take, eate, this is my bodie.
George Lamsa Translation
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and he broke it, and gave it to them, and he said to them, Take it; this is my body.
Good News Translation
While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. "Take it," he said, "this is my body."
Lexham English Bible
And while they were eating, he took bread and, after giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them and said, "Take it, this is my body."
Literal Translation
And as they were eating, Jesus taking a loaf, blessing, He broke and gave to them. And He said, Take, eat, this is My body.
American Standard Version
And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
Bible in Basic English
And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
Hebrew Names Version
As they were eating, Yeshua took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."
International Standard Version
While they were eating, Jesushe
">[fn] took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."Matthew 26:26; Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And while they were eating, Jeshu took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them, and said to them, Take; this is my body.
Murdock Translation
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them, and said to them: Take; this is my body.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And as they dyd eate, Iesus toke bread: and whe he had blessed, he brake [it] and gaue to them, and sayde: Take, eate, this is my body.
English Revised Version
And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
World English Bible
As 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."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as they ate, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Weymouth's New Testament
Also during the meal He took a Passover biscuit, blessed it, and broke it. He then gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it is my body."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And while thei eeten, Jhesus took breed, and blessid, and brak, and yaf to hem, and seide, Take ye; this is my bodi.
Update Bible Version
And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take: this is my body.
Webster's Bible Translation
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
New English Translation
While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."
New King James Version
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; [fn] this is My body."
New Living Translation
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take it, for this is my body."
New Life Bible
As they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread. He gave thanks and broke it in pieces. He gave it to them and said, "Take, eat, this is My body."
New Revised Standard
While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as they were eating, taking a loaf, he blessed and brake, and gave unto them, and said - Take! this, is, my body;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whilst they were eating, Jesus took bread; and blessing, broke and gave to them and said: Take ye. This is my body.
Revised Standard Version
And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And as they ate Iesus toke breede blessed and brake and gave to them and sayde: Take eate this ys my body.
Young's Literal Translation
And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as they ate, Iesus toke the bred, gaue thankes, & brake it, and gaue it the, & sayde: Take, eate, this is my body.
Mace New Testament (1729)
When they had been eating, Jesus took bread, and having given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to them, and said, take it, this represents my body.
Simplified Cowboy Version
While they were eating, he took some bread, gave thanks to God for it, and shared pieces of it with all his cowboys. After handing some to everyone, he said, "This bread is for y'all and it represents my body that I also give for y'all."

Contextual Overview

12 On the first of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day they prepare the Passover sacrifice, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations so you can eat the Passover meal?" 13He directed two of his disciples, "Go into the city. A man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him. Ask the owner of whichever house he enters, ‘The Teacher wants to know, Where is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?' He will show you a spacious second-story room, swept and ready. Prepare for us there." 16 The disciples left, came to the city, found everything just as he had told them, and prepared the Passover meal. 17After sunset he came with the Twelve. As they were at the supper table eating, Jesus said, "I have something hard but important to say to you: One of you is going to hand me over to the conspirators, one who at this moment is eating with me." 19 Stunned, they started asking, one after another, "It isn't me, is it?" 20He said, "It's one of the Twelve, one who eats with me out of the same bowl. In one sense, it turns out that the Son of Man is entering into a way of treachery well-marked by the Scriptures—no surprises here. In another sense, the man who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man—better never to have been born than do this!" 22 In the course of their meal, having taken and blessed the bread, he broke it and gave it to them. Then he said, Take, this is my body. 23Taking the chalice, he gave it to them, thanking God, and they all drank from it. He said, This is my blood, God's new covenant, Poured out for many people. 25 "I'll not be drinking wine again until the new day when I drink it in the kingdom of God." 26 They sang a hymn and then went directly to Mount Olives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: Matthew 26:26-29, Luke 22:19, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 10:17, 1 Corinthians 11:23-29

and blessed: Mark 6:41, Luke 24:30, John 6:23

take: John 6:48-58

this: That is, this represents my body; the substantive verb, whether expressed or understood, being often equivalent to signifies or represents. - Exodus 12:11, Daniel 7:24, Matthew 13:38, Matthew 13:39, Luke 8:9, Luke 15:26, Luke 18:36, John 7:36, John 10:6, Acts 10:17, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 11:4, Revelation 17:12, Revelation 17:18, Revelation 19:8. Mark 14:24, Genesis 41:26, Zechariah 5:7, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 10:4, Galatians 4:25

Reciprocal: Exodus 39:7 - a memorial Matthew 14:19 - he blessed Mark 14:23 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him set out and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El Paran on the far edge of the desert. On their way back they stopped at En Mishpat, that is, Kadesh, and conquered the whole region of the Amalekites as well as that of the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped God there, praying to the Eternal God. Abraham lived in Philistine country for a long time.
Exodus 6:8
God said to Moses, "Now you'll see what I'll do to Pharaoh: With a strong hand he'll send them out free; with a strong hand he'll drive them out of his land." God continued speaking to Moses, reassuring him, "I am God . I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as The Strong God, but by my name God (I-Am-Present) I was not known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country in which they lived as sojourners. But now I've heard the groanings of the Israelites whom the Egyptians continue to enslave and I've remembered my covenant. Therefore tell the Israelites: "I am God . I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery. I will redeem you, intervening with great acts of judgment. I'll take you as my own people and I'll be God to you. You'll know that I am God , your God who brings you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I'll bring you into the land that I promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and give it to you as your own country. I AM God ."
Psalms 24:1
A David Psalm God claims Earth and everything in it, God claims World and all who live on it. He built it on Ocean foundations, laid it out on River girders.
Isaiah 57:15
A Message from the high and towering God, who lives in Eternity, whose name is Holy: "I live in the high and holy places, but also with the low-spirited, the spirit-crushed, And what I do is put new spirit in them, get them up and on their feet again. For I'm not going to haul people into court endlessly, I'm not going to be angry forever. Otherwise, people would lose heart. These souls I created would tire out and give up. I was angry, good and angry, because of Israel's sins. I struck him hard and turned away in anger, while he kept at his stubborn, willful ways. When I looked again and saw what he was doing, I decided to heal him, lead him, and comfort him, creating a new language of praise for the mourners. Peace to the far-off, peace to the near-at-hand," says God — "and yes, I will heal them. But the wicked are storm-battered seas that can't quiet down. The waves stir up garbage and mud. There's no peace," God says, "for the wicked."
Daniel 4:34
"At the end of the seven years, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked to heaven. I was given my mind back and I blessed the High God, thanking and glorifying God, who lives forever: "His sovereign rule lasts and lasts, his kingdom never declines and falls. Life on this earth doesn't add up to much, but God's heavenly army keeps everything going. No one can interrupt his work, no one can call his rule into question.
Daniel 12:7
"The man dressed in linen, who straddled the river, raised both hands to the skies. I heard him solemnly swear by the Eternal One that it would be a time, two times, and half a time, that when the oppressor of the holy people was brought down the story would be complete.
Haggai 2:8
‘I own the silver, I own the gold.' Decree of God -of-the-Angel-Armies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as they did eat,.... The paschal lamb, and the unleavened bread, just at the conclusion of that feast:

Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; beginning and instituting a new feast, to be kept in aftertimes, in commemoration of his sufferings and death, now near at hand;

and gave to them, the disciples,

and said, take, eat: the word eat is not in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in some copies:

this is body; a figure and representation of it;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:20-35.

Mark 14:31

More vehemently - More earnestly, more confidently.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Eat — This is omitted by many MSS. and versions, but I think without reason. It is found in the parallel places, Matthew 26:26; 1 Corinthians 11:24. See the subject of the Lord's Supper largely explained on Matthew 26:26, &c.


 
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