And blessed and brake it (ευλογησας εκλασεν). Special "Grace" in the middle of the passover meal, "as they were eating," for the i…

As they were eating. As they were eating the paschal supper, near the close of the meal. Luke adds, that he said, just before instituting the sacra…

As they were eating — Again, we must imagine an interval of silence, broken by the act or words that followed. The usual grace or …

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to ea…

St. Jerome: When the symbolic Passover was concluded, and He had partaken of the Lamb with His Apostles, He comes to the true…

Matthew now records a second thing that takes place “while they were eating” (cf. v.21). Jesus takes an unleavened loaf (cf.[Reference Exodus 12:15…

And while they were eating, Jesus took bread. I do not understand these words to mean that this new and more excellent supper was mixed wi…

And as they were eating

This ordinance of the Lord's supper is to us the Passover supper, by which we commemorate a much greater deliverance than that of Israel out of Egy…

26. And while they were at supper, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke and gave to His disciples and said: Take you and eat. This is…