“For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you” ([xxii, 18–20]).
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At the Last Supper did Jesus pass the cup once, or twice?
Matthew and Mark: Once ([Matt. xxvi, 26–30]; [Mark xiv, 16–26]).
Luke: Twice ([xxii, 13–20]).
Regarding this discrepancy, Scribners’ “Bible Dictionary” says: “The temptation to expand was much stronger than to contract; and the double mention of the cup raises real difficulties of the kind which suggest interpolation.”