1 Corinthians 11:23

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you: On the night the Lord Jesus was turned over [to the Jewish authorities] He took bread,

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I passed on to you the [following] main principles that I received [i.e., by revelation]: Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know [i.e., are aware of] the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Matthew 28:20

[Then] go on teaching them [i.e., these new converts] to obey everything I have commanded you and my presence will be with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Galatians 1:1

[This letter is from] Paul, an apostle, (not from [the authority of] men, or through the [agency] of a man, but by [a direct commission from] Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead).

Acts 20:7

And on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], when we [disciples] had gathered together to break bread [i.e., the Lord’s Supper. See I Cor. 11:20-24], Paul delivered a message that lasted until midnight, [since] he was planning to leave [Troas] the next day.

Matthew 26:34

Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, this [very] night, before the rooster crows, you will deny [knowing] me three times.”

Matthew 26:17

Now on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread [i.e., the first day of Passover week], Jesus’ disciples came to Him, saying, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

Matthew 26:2

“You know that the Passover Festival will be celebrated in two more days [Note: This was the annual Jewish festival commemorating Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under Moses’ leadership], and the Son of man will be turned over to be crucified.”

Luke 22:17

Then Jesus took a cup [Note: This was one of the cups partaken of during the Passover meal], and after giving thanks to God [for it], He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves,

1 Corinthians 10:16

Does not the “cup of blessing,” which we bless, signify a fellowship with Christ’s [physical] blood? [Note: This was the cup used at the close of the Passover meal and was called this because of the prayer of thanksgiving offered for it. Paul refers to such a prayer in connection with its use in the Lord’s Supper]. Does not the bread which we break signify a fellowship with Christ’s [physical] body?

Colossians 3:24

knowing that you will receive from the Lord a [spiritual] inheritance as a reward, [for] you are [really] serving the Lord.