That which was only a table, they have made into an altar, and that which was a supper and nothing more, they have changed into a celebration. To break bread, and to drink wine, have not seemed to them to be sufficiently solemn, or sufficiently gorgeous, and so they have added all kinds of rites and institutions. He does not say, “Do something else in remembrance of me- something which you may choose to do, retaining this act as the backbone of it but this do.” This which has just been done: this in all its simplicity, solemnity, and intent.Īlas, how sadly have men forgotten this! The plain supper has not been a grand enough display. It is this that we are to do, and not something else which may be supposed to grow out of it. As often as ye break the bread, and as often as ye drink of the cup, remember the Lord Jesus.
This act was performed at a common meal, and was not a sacrifice, nor a celebration, nor a function, nor anything more than a significant eating of bread and drinking of wine after a devout fashion. This act was done at a table where they had been eating the Passover. “This do.” Take care that you do just what Jesus did no more, and no less. “THIS do”- that is, take bread, give thanks, break it, and eat it- take the cup, filled with the fruit of the vine, give thanks, and drink ye all of it. “This do in remembrance of me.” - Luke xxii. The Lord’s Supper: A Remembrance of Jesus
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