He received a cup (δεξαμενος ποτηριον). This cup is a diminutive of ποτηρ. It seems that this is still one of the four cups passed…

And he took the cup and gave thanks. This was not the sacramental cup, for that was taken after supper (Luke 22:20). …

Take this, and divide it among yourselves.—The cup was probably the first of the three cups of wine, or wine mingled with water, w…

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for u…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: As soon as the disciples had prepared the Passover, they proceeded to eat it. As it says, And whe…

Luke forges a strong link between the Passover and the concept of redemption. This passage also exhibits the strong orientation to the future that …

As Luke mentions that the cup was twice presented by Christ, we must inquire, in the first place, if this is a repetition (as the Evangeli…

And he took the cup and gave thanks
There were four cups of wine drank at the pa over, which the poorest man in Isra…

Christ kept the ordinances of the law, particularly that of the Passover, to teach us to observe his gospel institutions, and most of all that of t…