{And blessed and brake it} (eulog(8873)as eklasen). Special
"Grace" in the middle of the passover meal, "as they were
eating," for the institution of the Supper. Jesus broke one of
the passover wafers or cakes that each might have a piece, not as
a symbol of the breaking of his body as the Textus Receptus has
it in  1Co 11:24 . The correct text there has only to huper
hum(936e) without kl(936d)enon. As a matter of fact the body of Jesus
was not "broken" ( Joh 19:33 ) as John expressly states. {This is
my body} (	outo estin to s(936d)a mou). The bread as a symbol
_represents_ the body of Jesus offered for us, "a beautifully
simple, pathetic, and poetic symbol of his death" (Bruce). But
some have made it "run into fetish worship" (Bruce). Jesus, of
course, does not mean that the bread actually becomes his body
and is to be worshipped. The purpose of the memorial is to remind
us of his death for our sins.