1 CORINTHIANS 11:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”
And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me' — Christ's thanksgiving (eucharisteo) over the bread and the breaking (klasma) establish the pattern of the meal; the phrase 'for you' (hyper hymōn) indicates substitution or covenant sacrifice, and 'in remembrance' (anamnesis) is not mere memory but a participatory recalling that makes present the covenant act.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:24
“And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is My Body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Wherefore does he here make mention of the Mysteries? Because that argument was very necessary to his present purpose. As thus: “Your Master,” says he, “counted all worthy of the same Table, though it be very awful and far exceeding the dignity of all: but you consider them to be unworthy even of your own, small and mean as we see it is;…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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