Mark 14:23

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 22:7; ; and at John 13:10; John 13:18; John 13:21....

22-31 The Lord's supper is food for the soul, therefore a very little of that which is for the body, as much as will serve for a sign, is enough. It was instituted by the example and the practice of our Master, to remain in force till his second coming. It was instituted with blessing and giving of thanks, to be a memorial of Christ's death. Frequent mention is made of his precious blood, as the price of our redemption. How comfortable is this to poor repenting sinners, that the blood of Christ is shed for many! If for many, why not for me? It was a sign of the conveyance of the benefits purchased for us by his death. Apply the doctrine of Christ crucified to yourselves; let it be meat and drink to your souls, strengthening and refreshing your spiritual life. It was to be an earnest and foretaste of the happiness of heaven, and thereby to put us out of taste for the pleasures and deligh...

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:20. Mark 14:31 MORE VEHEMENTLY - More earnestly, more confidently....

EXPOSITION MARK 14:1 NOW AFTER TWO DAYS WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD; literally, _the passover and the unleavened _τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and the same festival. The killing of the Paschal lamb took place on the first of the seven days during which the festival lasted, and during the whole of which they used unleavened bread. Josephus describes it as "the festival of the unleavened, called _Phaska _by the Jews." THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE SCRIBES. St. Matthew (Matthew 26:3) says, "The chief priests and the elders of the people." The two classes in the Sanhedrim who actually combined to put our Lord to death were those here mentioned by St. Mark. They sought how th

AND HE TOOK THE CUP, AND WHEN HE HAD GIVEN THANKS,.... Over it, and for it, by blessing it, and appropriating it to the present use and service: HE GAVE IT TO THEM; his disciples, AND THEY ALL DRANK OF IT; Judas, as well as the rest, as he bid them do; Matthew 26:27....

Mark 14:22. _And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body._ It was part of a meal. It was no celebration. It was no sacrifice, bloody or unbloody. It was simply a commemorative ceremony, of which he would now give them a specimen even before it became commemorative. «As they did eat, Jesus took bread.» No seeking for consecrated wafers or some special food, but such bread as they had been eating. «Blessed» thanking God for it. «And break it and gave it to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.» Mark 14:23. _And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many._ The

PART IV. GIVING HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR -- CHAPTER S 14-15. Chapter 14 _ 1. Seeking by Craft to put Him to Death. (Mark 14:1 .Matthew 26:2; Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. The Anointing. (Mark 14:3. Matthew 26:6; John 12:1) 3. Judas offers to betray Him. (Mark 14:10 .Matthew 26:14;...

THE BREAD AND THE WINE. After the eating of the lamb, the householder broke bread and distributed it, and then sent round the cup of blessing. Jesus seems to have invested this part of the meal with special significance. He associates it with His approaching death, He links the thought of His death with an act of communion which binds the disciple-band together. He couples His sacrifice with the new covenant which is to bring men forgiveness and direct knowledge of God (_cf._ Jeremiah 31:31 *), and with the hope of that day when He will drink a new kind of wine with His own in God's kingdom. Newness is characteristic of the kingdom....

THE LAST ACT BEGINS (Mark 14:1-2)...

_he took the cup_ probably the third Cup, and known as the "Cup of Blessing." See above, Mark 14:16....