Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 11].
what was supposed to be a supper of the Lord" (Robertson and
Plummer). On \methu•\, to be drunk, see on ¯Mt 24:49; Ac 2:15.
11:22 {What? Have ye not houses?} (\M• gar oikias ouk echete;\)
The double negative (\m•--ouk\) in the single question is like
the idiom in 9:4f. which see. \M•\ expects a negative answer
while \ouk\ negatives the verb \echete\. "For do you fail to have
houses?" Paul is not approving gluttony and drunkenness but only
expressing horror at their sacrilege (despising, \kataphroneite\)
of the church of God. {That have not} (\tous m• echontas\). Not
those without houses, but those who have nothing, "the have-nots"
(Findlay) like 2Co 8:12, in contrast with \hoi echontes\ "the
haves" (the men of property). {What shall I say to you?} (\ti
eip• humin;\) Deliberative subjunctive that well expresses Paul's
bewilderment.
11:23 {For I received of the Lord} (\ego gar parelabon apo tou
Kuriou\). Direct claim to revelation from the Lord Jesus on the
origin of the Lord's Supper. Luke's account (Lu 22:17-20) is
almost identical with this one. He could easily have read I
Corinthians before he wrote his Gospel. See 15:3 for use of
both \parelabon\ and \pared•ka\. Note \para\ in both verbs. Paul
received the account from (\para--apo\) the Lord and passed it on
from himself to them, a true \paradosis\ (tradition) as in
11:2. {He was betrayed} (\paredideto\). Imperfect passive
indicative (irregular form for \paredidoto\, Robertson,
_Grammar_, p. 340). Same verb as \pared•ka\ (first aorist active
indicative just used for "I delivered").
11:24 {When he had given thanks} (\eucharist•sas\). First aorist
active participle of \euchariste•\ from which word our word
Eucharist comes, common late verb (see on ¯1:14). {Which is for
you} (\to huper hum•n\). \Kl•menon\ (broken) of the Textus
Receptus (King James Version) is clearly not genuine. Luke (Lu
22:19) has \didomenon\ (given) which is the real idea here. As a
matter of fact the body of Jesus was not broken (Joh 19:36).
The bread was broken, but not the body of Jesus. {In remembrance
of me} (\eis t•n em•n anamn•sin\). The objective use of the
possessive pronoun \em•n\. Not my remembrance of you, but your
remembrance of me. \Anamn•sis\, from \anamimn•sk•\, to remind or
to recall, is an old word, but only here in N.T. save Lu 22:19
which see.
11:25 {After supper} (\meta to deipn•sai\). \Meta\ and the
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