St. Paul and the mystery religions / by H. A. A. Kennedy.

  • Harry Kennedy
Date:
[pref. 1913]
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    the self-same thing in the very same sense.1 With reference to the cup, Mark, Matthew, and Luke (except the so-called “Western” text) report Jesus as saying : “ This is my blood of the cove¬ nant [Luke : the new covenant in my blood] shed for many [Luke : for you] It is therefore wholly arbitrary to challenge the allusion to the covenant as an addition due to Paul. And the saying obviously represents the approaching death of Jesus as the sacrifice which inaugurates the new covenant. The words that accom¬ pany the giving of the cup make perfectly clear the meaning of those spoken at the distribution of the bread, even in the brief form found in Matthew and Mark: “ this is my body The extended version in Paul and the non-Western texts of Luke is true to Jesus’ thought : “ This is my body which is for you [Luke : which is given for you] ”.2 The ritual action, therefore, symbolises the death of Jesus as a medium of blessing for His followers. And that part of it which consists in eating the broken 1 Das Abendmahl im N.T., p. 8 (quoted by Lambert, The Sacraments in the N.T., p. 267). 2 See an excellent paragraph by Julicher in Abhandlungen C. von Weizsacker gewidmet, pp. 242, 243.
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