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Luke 22:20

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

KJV

καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι, λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐν τῷ αἵματί μου, τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐκχυννόμενον.

Greek NT

Similiter et calicem, postquam cœnavit, dicens : Hic est calix novum testamentum in sanguine meo, qui pro vobis fundetur.

Vulgate

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

ASV

In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
δειπνέω
deipneo
verb · 4×
διαθήκη
diatheke
noun · 33×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποτήριον
poterion
noun · 31×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκχέω
ekcheo
verb · 27×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
ὡσαύτως
osautos
adverb · 17×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διδόμενον τοῦτο ποιεῖτε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως [ · . | WHspur/Treg/NIV: καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως | RP: ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ ποτήριον
  • τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διδόμενον τοῦτο ποιεῖτε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως [ · . — SBLGNT
  • καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως — Westcott-Hort (spurious), Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ ποτήριον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Doctrines that cite this verse

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§612The cup of the New Covenant, which Jesus anticipated when he offered himself at the Last Supper, is afterwards accepted by him from his Father's hands in his agony in the garden at Gethsemani,434 making himself "obedient unto death". Jesus prays: "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. . ."435 Thus he expresses the horror that death represented for his human n…
§1151Signs taken up by Christ. In his preaching the Lord Jesus often makes use of the signs of creation to make known the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.17 He performs healings and illustrates his preaching with physical signs or symbolic gestures.18 He gives new meaning to the deeds and signs of the Old Covenant, above all to the Exodus and the Passover,19 for he himself is the me…
§1339Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his Body and his Blood: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat it...." They went ... and prepared the passover. and when the hour came…
…and 1 more from this source.
What is the form of this sacrament? Is the form for the consecration of the bread appropriate? Is the form for the consecration of the blood appropriate? The power of each form The truth of the expression The comparison of the one form with the other Article 1. Whether this is the form of this sacrament: "This is My body," and "This is the chalice of My blood"? Objection 1. It …
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. How does the Lord's Supper remind you and assure you that you share in Christ's one sacrifice on the cross and in all his gifts? A. In this way: Christ has commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and to drink this cup. With this command he gave this promise: First, as surely as I see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so…
Q. Where does Christ promise to nourish and refresh believers with his body and blood as surely as they eat this broken bread and drink this cup? A. In the institution of the Lord's Supper: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 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. In the same way…
We believe Holy Baptism, which was instituted by the Lord, who said, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5), to be necessary for salvation. For without it none is able to be saved. Baptism confers the remission of original and actual sin. Infants also, since they too are under original sin, and without Baptism are n…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
  • 1Cor 11:25 — After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
  • 1Cor 11:25 — After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
  • 1John 5:6 — This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
  • 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  • 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  • Exod 24:8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
  • Exod 24:8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
  • Heb 7:22 — By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
  • Heb 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
  • Heb 8:6 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
  • Heb 8:8 — For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
  • Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
  • Heb 9:17 — For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Heb 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • Heb 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • Jer 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
  • Jer 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
  • Luke 22:19 — And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
  • Matt 26:27 — And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
  • Matt 26:28 — For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  • Ps 116:13 — I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.