Topic
Communion of the Lord's Supper
18 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 12:21–28Torrey Prefigured
¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel…
- Matthew 26:26Torrey Instituted
¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
- Matthew 26:27Torrey Both bread and wine are necessary to be received in
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
- Luke 22:19Torrey Object of
¶ 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.
- Acts 2:42Torrey Was continually partaken of, by the Church
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Acts 20:7Torrey Was continually partaken of, by the Church
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Torrey Prefigured
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- 1 Corinthians 5:8Torrey Prefigured
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1 Corinthians 10:16Torrey Is the communion of the body and blood of Christ
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
- 1 Corinthians 10:21Torrey Partakers of, be wholly separate to God
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23Torrey Instituted
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
- 1 Corinthians 11:24Torrey Object of
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:26 Torrey Object of
- 1 Corinthians 11:27 Torrey UNWORTHY PARTAKERS OF — Are guilty of the body and blood of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 Torrey Self-examination commanded before partaking of
- 1 Corinthians 11:29 Torrey UNWORTHY PARTAKERS OF — Discern not the Lord's body
- 1 Corinthians 11:30 Torrey UNWORTHY PARTAKERS OF — Are visited with judgments
- 1 Corinthians 11:31 Torrey Self-examination commanded before partaking of
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 21 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Prefigured Ex 12:21-28; 1Co 5:7,8
- Instituted Mt 26:26; 1Co 11:23
- Object of Lu 22:19; 1Co 11:24,26
- Is the communion of the body and blood of Christ 1Co 10:16
- Both bread and wine are necessary to be received in Mt 26:27; 1Co 11:26
- Self-examination commanded before partaking of 1Co 11:28,31
- Newness of heart and life necessary to the worthy partaking of 1Co 5:7,8
- Partakers of, be wholly separate to God 1Co 10:21
- Was continually partaken of, by the Church Ac 2:42; 20:7
- UNWORTHY PARTAKERS OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.