Mark 14:22 Meaning and Explanation
“And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.”
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Read Full Chapter →During the meal Jesus takes bread, blesses and breaks it, and gives it to them, saying, Take, eat: this is my body.
What Does Mark 14:22 Mean?
In the middle of the Passover meal Jesus does something new. He takes bread, speaks the blessing, breaks it, and gives it — the same four actions Mark recorded when he fed the multitudes. But the word spoken over this bread has no precedent: Take, eat: this is my body.
On the night before his body is broken, he places the meaning of his death into the hands of his disciples. The cross will not be something merely done to him but something given by him. From that night his followers have taken bread, blessed, broken, and eaten in remembrance of him (1 Corinthians 11:24), his gift of himself set at the center of their life together.
Mark 14:22 in the Original Language
eulogeo (εὐλογέω), 'blessed' -- to speak praise to God over a thing; the blessing said before bread is broken.
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What does Mark 14:22 mean?
During the meal Jesus takes bread, blesses and breaks it, and gives it to them, saying, Take, eat: this is my body.