Luke 22:20

Luke 22:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
• New International Version (NIV)In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

Context of Luke 22:20

18for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.” 19And when He had taken bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant [ratified] in My blood. 21But listen, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table. 22For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom He is betrayed and handed over!”

Luke 22:20 word by word

καὶ τὸ ποτήριον ὡσαύτως μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐν τῷ αἵματί μου τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐκχυννόμενον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Likewiseὡσαύτωςhōsautōs · likewiseG5615
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• the cupποτήριονpotērion · cupG4221
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• supperδειπνέωdeipneō · to dineG1172
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• testamentδιαθήκηdiathēkē · covenantG1242
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• is shedἐκχέωekcheō ekchunō · to pour outG1632
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Luke 22:20

• Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood [which had been placed in the large basins] and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
• Zechariah 9:11As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood] I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• 1 Corinthians 10:16Is the cup of blessing which we bless [at the Lord’s Supper] not a sharing in the blood of Christ? [Indeed it is.] Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? [Indeed it is.]
• 1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in [affectionate] remembrance of Me.”
• Hebrews 8:6But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
• Hebrews 9:17for a will and testament takes effect [only] at death, since it is never in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
• Hebrews 12:24and to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant [uniting God and man], and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance].
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace [the source of serenity and spiritual well-being] who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood that sealed and ratified the eternal covenant,

Commentaries on Luke 22:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20This cup is the new testament in my blood - Perhaps it might be better to paraphrase the passage thus: This cup which is poured out for you, signifies the blood of the new covenant, which is shortly to be ratified in (or by) the shedding of my blood. Or, This cup is the new covenant, poured out for you with my blood: - that is, the paschal sacrifice and my sacrifice happen together. But see Kypke. It does not appear that our Lord handed either the bread…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-20Verses 19-20 The Lord's supper is a sign or memorial of Christ already come, who by dying delivered us; his death is in special manner set before us in that ordinance, by which we are reminded of it. The breaking of Christ's body as a sacrifice for us, is therein brought to our remembrance by the breaking of bread. Nothing can be more nourishing and satisfying to the soul, than the doctrine of Christ's making atonement for sin, and the assurance of an…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20In the Old Testament, God confirmed his covenants with the blood of a sacrifice (Genesis 15:9–10; Exodus 24:8). The death of Jesus established the new covenant that God had promised to his people (Jeremiah 31:31–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-387. the day of unleavened bread--strictly the fifteenth Nisan (part of our March and April) after the paschal lamb was killed; but here, the fourteenth (Thursday). Into the difficult questions raised on this we cannot here enter.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:20

• Atonement
• Blood
• Cup
• Jesus, the Christ
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Testament
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• New Testament
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• Christ, Offices of
• Covenant, the New

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings