1Cor 11:24-25 | TNotes | STEP | 11:24 Jews and early Christians traditionally gave thanks to God for their food before eating (see study note on Mark 14:22-25). • This is my body: Cp. John 6:32-35 , 48-58 .

11:24 ^a Jews and early Christians traditionally gave thanks to God for their food before eating (see study note on Mark 14:22-25).

• This is my body: Cp. John 6:32-35 ^b, 48-58 ^c.
11:25 ^d After supper might suggest that the main meal separated the breaking of the bread from the drinking of the cup (see Luke 22:20 ^e).

• The new covenant is God’s promise to forgive sins because of the sacrificial death of Jesus (cp. Jer 31:31-34 ^f; 32:40 ^g; Luke 22:20 ^h; Heb 7:22 ⁱ; 8:8-10 ^j; 9:15 ^k; 10:12-18 ^l; 12:24 ^m; 13:20 ⁿ). The blood of a sacrifice confirmed an agreement or covenant (see Exod 24:8 ^o; Zech 9:11 ^p; Heb 9:12 ^q; 13:20 ^r; cp. Rom 3:25 ^s; 5:9 ^t).