A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 • SECTION 284

1 Corinthians Xi. 22-24.

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npoXccfipavei, takes before ) when he ought to wait, ver. 33. — b rp <paye?v, in eating) Language which relates to the feeding of the body, ver. 33, etc., from which the Lord’s Supper very widely differs. — x«/, and) and one indeed (inasmuch as he has not) is hungry (and thirsty) : but another (inasmuch as he has, is well filled and) becomes drunken. The one has more than is good for him, the other less.

22. Tap , for) He presses upon them with questionings. — o/x/ag, houses) ver. 34. — rSjg ixx*.??<r/as, the Church) of which the better part was the poor, James ii. 5. — rov ©sou, of God) This constitutes the honour of the Church. — xuruppoveTre, do you despise) when you do that apart in the church, which you might do at home. — /a,?} tyovrac, not having) Those , who have , viz. the wealthy ; those , who have not , viz. the needy. — oux sTra/vw, / praise you not) Mefuaig [saying less than is intended], implying : You are very much to be blamed.

23. ’E yu yap <rapsXa/3oi/, for I received) by immediate revela- tion. u We ought therefore with great reverence to approach that most solemn mystery, which the Lord instituted, while He was yet upon the earth, as we are distinctly informed by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and which He renewed, besides, when He ascended into heaven, by special revelation to the Apostle Paul.” — Jac. Faber Stapulensis. — d<ro rov Kvptov, from the Lord) Jesus Christ. — nap'shuna, I delivered) in your presence. — 6 K vptog ’iriffovg, The Lord Jesus) This word Jesus is added with delibe- rate intention. He had just said from the Lord. — b rr\ vuxW, on the night) Hence it is called the Supper. Comp. Ex. xii. 6 ; although in regard to the paschal lamb, the time of the day was expressly appointed ; not so in respect to the Eucharist. — fi nape- d/doro , on which He was betrayed) This is thus brought forward with evident intention ; for His being betrayed broke off the conversation of Jesus with his disciples : comp, note at ver. 26.

24. "ExXatrg, broke) The very mention of the breaking, involves the distribution, and refutes the Corinthian mode of making it : every man his own , ver. 21. — ro Wip vfiuv nXuptvov, which is broken for you) In the gospel by Luke the words are, which is given for you. In the Lord’s Supper, with the bread broken , the body of Christ, which was given unto death for us, is taken and eaten, as real food ; although no one would be likely to affirm,

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