1 Corinthians 11 · Verse 24

1 Corinthians 11:24

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.

1 Corinthians 11:24, King James Version

1 Corinthians 11:24 in other translations

BSB	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.”
WEB	When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
ASV	and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.
YLT	and having given thanks, he brake, and said, ‘Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye--to the remembrance of me.'
DARBY	and having given thanks broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.
BBE	And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.
Webster	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.

What does 1 Corinthians 11:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

24. brake--The breaking of the bread involves its distribution and reproves the Corinthian mode at the love-feast, of "every one taking before other his own supper." my body ... broken for you--"given" (Lu 22:19) for you (Greek, "in your behalf"), and "broken," so as to be distributed among you. The oldest manuscripts omit "broken," leaving it to be supplied from "brake." The two old versions, Memphitic and Thebaic, read from Luke, "given." The literal "body" could not have been meant; for Christ was still sensibly present among His disciples when He said, "This is My body." They could only have understood Him symbolically and analogically: As this bread is to your bodily health, so My body is to the spiritual health of the believing communicant. The words, "Take, eat," are not in the oldest manuscripts. in remembrance of me--(See on 1Co 11:25).

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 24. And when he had given thanks. Mt 26:26. Matthew reads it, "and blessed it." The words here used are, however, substantially the same as there; and this fact shows that, since this was communicated to Paul directly by the Saviour, and in a manner distinct from that by which Matthew learned the mode of the institution, the Saviour designed that the exact form of the words should be used in its observance, and should thus be constantly borne in mind by his people.

Take, eat, etc. Mt 26:26.

(2) "do in" "for a"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 24 This do in remembrance of me - The papists believe the apostles were not ordained priests before these words. Si quis dixerit, illis verbis, hoc facite in meam commemorationem, Christum non instituisse apostolos sacerdotes, anathema sit: "If any one shall say that in these words, 'This do in remembrance of me,' Christ did not ordain his apostles priests, let him be accursed." Conc. Trid. Sess. 22. Conc. 2. And he that does believe such an absurdity, on such a ground, is contemptible.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

The apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these are the bread and wine. What is eaten is called bread, though at the same time it is said to be the body of the Lord, plainly showing that the apostle did not mean that the bread was changed into flesh. St. Matthew tells us, our Lord bid them all drink of the cup, ch. Mt 26:27, as if he…

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1 Corinthians 11:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532

εὐχαριστήσαςeucharistēsashaving given thanksG2168

ἔκλασενeklasenHe broke [it]G2806

καὶkaiandG2532

εἶπενeipensaidG2036

λάβετεlabetedo takeG2983

φάγετε·phagetedo eat:G5315

τοῦτόtoutoThisG3778

μούmouof MeG3165

ἐστινestinisG1510

τὸtotheG3588

σῶμαsōmabodyG4983

τὸtowhich [is]G3588

ὑπὲρhuperforG5228

ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771

κλώμενον·klōmenonbeing broken;G2806

τοῦτοtoutothisG3778

ποιεῖτεpoieitedo performG4160

εἰςeisinG1519

τὴνtēn<the>G3588

ἐμὴνemēnof MeG1473

ἀνάμνησιν.anamnēsinremembrance.G364

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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 11:24

John 6:53-58
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. …
1 Corinthians 11:27-28
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Corinthians 10:3-4
And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Exodus 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Isaiah 26:8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
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? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Isaiah 55:1-3
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Song of Solomon 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Song of Solomon 1:4
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

eat.
5:7,8; Ps 22:26,29; Pr 9:5; So 5:1; Isa 25:6; 55:1-3; Joh 6:53-58
this.
27,28; 10:3,4,16,17
in remembrance. or, for a remembrance.
Ex 12:14; Jos 4:7; Ps 111:4; So 1:4; Isa 26:8; Mt 26:13

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Context

1 Corinthians 11:23
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Corinthians 11:24
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.
1 Corinthians 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.

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1 Corinthians 11:24 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y habiendo dado gracias, lo partió, y dijo: Tomad, comed: esto es mi cuerpo que por vosotros es partido: haced esto en memoria de mí.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et après avoir rendu grâces, il le rompit et dit: « Ceci est mon corps, qui est pour vous; faites ceci en mémoire de moi. »
German Elberfelder 1871	und als er gedankt hatte, es brach und sprach: Dies ist mein Leib, der für euch ist; dies tut zu meinem Gedächtnis.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et gratias agens fregit, et dixit: Accipite, et manducate: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradetur: hoc facite in meam commemorationem.