MATTHEW 26:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. The vow of abstinence and the eschatological promise: Jesus will not drink the cup again until the kingdom's fulfillment — the wedding banquet of Matthew 22 and 25 where all the invited guests drink the new wine of the messianic feast. The last meal before the cross is the anticipation of the first meal of the restored kingdom.
Church Fathers on Matthew 26:29
The Lord having given His disciples His Body under the element of bread [marg. note: sub specie panis], well gives the cup of His Blood to them likewise; shewing what joy He has in our salvation, seeing He even shed His Blood for us.
He gave thanks to instruct us after what manner we ought to celebrate this mystery, and shewed also thereby that He came not to His Passion against His will. Also He taught us to bear whatsoever we suffer with thanksgiving, and infused into us good hopes.
Thus then the Lord Jesus was at once guest and feast, the eater and the things eaten. [ed. note: ap. Grat. do Consecr. d. ii. 87.]
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