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But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father`s kingdom."
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A Promise of Future Joy
Commentators agree that Jesus is turning a moment of sorrow into one of profound hope. By vowing not to drink wine again until the kingdom, He isn't ending fellowship but promising a future, glorious reunion. This 'new wine' symbolizes the eternal joy and celebration believers will one day share with Christ in heaven.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But I say unto you, etc. That is, the observance of the Passover, and of the rites foreshadowing future things, now ends. I am about to di…
When I drink it new with you (οταν αυτο πινω μεθ' υμων καιμον). This language rather implies that Jesus himself partook of the bre…
19th Century
Anglican
I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine—literally, product of the vine. It would be better, perhaps, to tr…
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Baptist
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of…
Just as the first Passover looked forward not only to deliverance but also to settlement in the land, so also the Lord’s Supper looks forward to de…
16th Century
Protestant
But I tell you. This sentence is placed by Matthew and Mark immediately after the Holy Supper, when Christ had given the symbol of his
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth From which it seems natural to conclude, that Christ has drank of th…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the discussion concerned the institution of a new Sacrament with respect to the Lord’s Body; here, it concerns the institution of the s…
