Institution of the Eucharist
The Institution of the Eucharist is seen in all the gospel as well as Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Although all the testimonies seem to be about the same there are subtle differences that hold different meanings. The first letter to the Corinthians was written during Paul's stay in Ephesus, 54-57 AD, probably in the spring of 57 AD. Corinth was located at the southern end of the narrow isthmus that joins the Peloponnesus to the Greek mainland. It was a happening city with a large population and a lot of corrupt action. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians was written in response to information delivered to him about the disorders in the Corinthian churches. Paul's letters to the Corinthians, especially the first, "permit us to gaze intimately on the exuberant life of one of the earliest urban communities" (Brown 1968). Without these letters, what we know of the spiritual movements during early Christianity as well as the problems that tried the apostles would be vague. The first letter to the Corinthians contains the earliest known testimony about the institution of the Eucharist. It was written eight years before Mark's gospel. This testimony probably represents the form used in the Antiochene liturgy; very similar t
His main concern in this account is not only to relate what Jesus did and said on the occasion but to "recount it in the interest of Christian faith and worship" (Brown 1968). As in Paul and Luke, the allusion to the sacrifice that concluded the Sinai covenant is seen. We see in this account when it is said "This cup is the new covenant in my blood" (1 Corinthians 11:25), an allusion to the sealing of the Sinaitic covenant with the blood of the sacrificial victims. Such as, omitting Semitic words or finding substitutions for them and seldom quoting the old testament. He writes primarily for gentiles and for their sake he makes many changes in the Gospel tradition. "I have eagerly desired to eat this. As in Paul, the line "The new covenant in my blood," depicts blood as life, the flow of blood unites in one life, Jesus' blood symbolizes and effects a forceful union between God and his people (Bergant 1989). The vocabulary and style used, suggests that it comes from a Jerusalem liturgy. ," this makes us see an identification between the Eucharist body of Jesus and the church body of Jesus, as does Paul. The first difference we see in this testimony is in verses 15 and 16, these are found only in Luke. ," is seen with a similar idea in Mark and Matthew except after the words of institution over the bread and wine; Mark and Matthew seem to refer to Jesus' words as his Second Coming but Luke transfers the sentences to a place before the words of institution. In verse 14:24 it says, "This is the blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many;" the many designates a great number of people.
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