Mark 14:22

American Standard Version (1901)

And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἐσθιόντων αὐτῶν, λαβὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἄρτον, εὐλογήσας, ἔκλασεν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἶπεν, Λάβετε, φάγετε: τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου.

Transliteration

And esthiontōn they, labōn the Iēsous arton, eulogēsas, eklasen, and edōken to them, and eipen, Labete, phagete: this estin the sōma of me.

Grammar Details

• *esthiontōn*: present participle, genitive plural - while/as they were eating
• *labōn*: aorist participle, nominative singular masculine - having taken
• *Iēsous*: nominative singular masculine - Jesus
• *arton*: accusative singular masculine - bread/loaf
• *eulogēsas*: aorist participle, nominative singular masculine - having blessed
• *eklasen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - he broke
• *edōken*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - he gave
• *eipen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *Labete*: aorist imperative, 2nd person plural - take
• *phagete*: aorist imperative, 2nd person plural - eat
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *sōma*: nominative singular neuter - body

Word Meanings

• *arton*: bread/loaf
• *eulogēsas*: having blessed/given thanks for
• *sōma*: body/physical form

Referenced Verses

• Matt 26:26-29 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
• Mark 6:41 : 41 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
• Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
• Luke 22:18-20 : 18 for I say unto you, I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, [even] that which is poured out for you.
• Luke 24:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.
• John 6:23 : 23 (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):
• John 6:48-58 : 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Jesus therefore 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 not life in yourselves. 54 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
• Gen 41:26 : 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
• Matt 14:19 : 19 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
• Zech 5:7 : 7 (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
• 1 Cor 10:16-17 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? 17 seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread.
• 1 Cor 11:23-29 : 23 For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; 24 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. 25 In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.
• Gal 4:25 : 25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.