1 Corinthians 11:23
“For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.”
What does 1 Corinthians 11:23 mean?
Paul is describing the moment when Jesus instituted what we now call Communion or the Lord's Supper, right before his arrest and execution. He emphasizes that he's passing along something sacred that was given to him, something that came directly from the Lord's own actions and words. The detail about it happening "on the night in which he was betrayed" reminds us that Jesus was doing this knowing exactly what was about to happen to him, which makes the act even more powerful and intentional. When we share bread together in Jesus's memory, we're participating in something ancient and deeply meaningful, something Jesus himself established as a way for us to remember and honor what he did for us.