The Institution of the Eucharist
Having said to the apostles: Take, eat; this is my body, which is being broken for you for the forgiveness of sins. Likewise, after the supper, having taken a cup and mixing it from two elements, from the fruit of the vine and from water, he sealed the cup of immortality and gave it to his disciples, saying: Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is being poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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Greek
ἀποστόλοις εἰπών· Λάβετε, φάγετε, τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ σῶμά μου τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κλώμενον εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν. Ὡσαύτως μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι, λαβὼν ποτήριον καὶ κεράσας ἐκ δύο στοιχείων, ἐκ γεννήματος ἀμπέλου καὶ ὕδατος, ἐσφράγισε ποτήριον ἀθανασίας καὶ ἔδωκε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ εἰπών· Πίετε ἐξ αὐτοῦ πάντες, τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ αἷμά μου τὸ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ πολλῶν ἐκχυνόμενον εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν». «Ἵνα ὁ
About this text
A 4th-century bishop's thanksgiving prayer over bread and wine, showing how early Christians worshipped.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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