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that the Lord would have used the breaking of bread, if it had not been the common practice at that period. The passion of Christ is [should be] naturally before the eucharist hence the institution of the Supper took place immediately before the death of Christ. Therefore the body of Christ is said to be given in respect of the passion considered in itself ; to be broken , in respect of the passion fitting the Lord’s body for being eaten : and the expression for you shows that the word given is at the same time indicated, so that it is an abbreviated phrase, with this meaning ; which is given for you and broken to you. These remarks indeed refer to the common reading zX&gmv, from the verb zxXoias immediately preceding ; but the Alexandrian read- ing had not the participle, as is evident from the fourth book of Cyril against Nestorius ;1 2 3 whence others have supplied biUfievov from Luke. My body , which for you , is a nervous sentence, as John vi. 51, in the old copies, my flesh for the life of the world?
25. M era r'o dsmvri<iou, after supper) Therefore you, Corin- thians, ought to separate common meals from the Lord’s Sup- per.— 6<rax/s, as often as) As often as is not a command, but it is implied that we should often eat and drink. — <r/vqrs, you may drink) this cup, ver. 26. — eig rr\v s/nriv uva/uvriffjv, in remembrance of me) This is presupposed by Matthew and Mark. Luke uses it once, Paul twice, because it is very suitable to his purpose. The old sacrifices were useful in bringing sins to remembrance , Heb. x. 3 ; the sacrifice of the body of Christ, accomplished once for all, is revived by the remembrance of forgiveness.
26. Toy Odvctrov roD Kvp/ov , the death of the Lord) the death , by which Christ was sacrificed for us [and His blood was separated from His body . Hence he says separately , This is my body ; and
1 Or rather, translate “ Passio natura prior est quam eucharistia.” The suffering is naturally prior to the thanksgiving. — Ed.
2 Hence also the participle x^apevov, and the preceding imperatives ’hd- /3 ere, (payers, are reckoned on the margin of Ed. 2, by a change of opinion, as weaker readings, and they are put doubtfully in the Germ. Ver. — E. B.
To V7r vfAovj is the reading of ABC corrected later. G supports the Khapevov added in Rec. Text. D corr. later fg add ^QyKrbg.evw. Memph. and Theb. favour bibopevov. Vulg. Cypr. 107 have “ Quod pro vobis trade- tur.” — Ed.
3 BCDL Vulg., Theb., Orig., and Cypr. omit the syd bo> <ra of the Rec. Text. — Ed.
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