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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in [affectionate] remembrance of Me." |
Subject: What liquid was in the communion cup? |
Bible Note: Unleavened certainly makes sense historically -- wheat grain, clearly. (I was at one church recently that used some kind of wafer that was, I think, rice.) Of course, it would have been stone ground in Biblical times. If the ethanol content of wine is an important factor, I wonder if refined GMO wheat is an issue. :-) Come to that, aren't there something over 5,000 grape varieties in the world? I wonder if the kind of grape that was used in the Middle East is still extant? |