{"id":17185,"date":"2019-12-21T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=17185"},"modified":"2019-12-21T18:59:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T00:59:01","slug":"is-drink-from-it-all-of-you-an-accurate-translation-of-matthew-2627","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-drink-from-it-all-of-you-an-accurate-translation-of-matthew-2627\/","title":{"rendered":"Is &#8220;Drink from it, all of you&#8221; an accurate translation of Matthew 26:27?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Dear Brother,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your work. I appreciate it a lot. My question is this: in the NIV version, at Matthew 26:27, it says, &#8220;Then He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you.&#8221; And in the KJV version, it says, &#8220;And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder which version is more correct because, if you use the NIV, I can see where the one cup people get their understanding, but if you use the KJV, it seems to me that you could use one cup or many as long as you don&#8217;t try to bind it on others.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m way off course, please correct me.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>The Greek in this phrase is\u00a0<em>piete ex autou pantes<\/em>, which, translated literally, is &#8220;Drink of it all.&#8221; The question is what does &#8220;all&#8221; refer to?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;it&#8221; (<em>autou<\/em>) is a genitive singular word. Working backward in the context, it refers to the cup.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;all&#8221; (<em>pantes<\/em>) is a nominative plural masculine adjective. It cannot refer to the cup because there is only one, but it does refer back to the command to drink because &#8220;drink&#8221; (<em>piete<\/em>) is in a second person plural verb. In turn, &#8220;drink&#8221; refers back to the disciples when Jesus gave the cup to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, Jesus is saying that all the disciples were to drink the contents of the cup. As Albert Barnes noted: &#8220;That is, &#8216;all of you, disciples, drink of it;&#8217; not, &#8216;drink <em>all<\/em> the wine.'&#8221; Technically, the KJV is the same as the other translations. It is just the older style of English becomes vague in modern English.<\/p>\n<p>If this were the only passage regarding the events, you might conclude there was just one cup. It is when you include Luke&#8217;s account that you realize that multiple cups were involved. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-the-lords-supper-be-served-with-one-cup\/\">Should the Lord\u2019s Supper be served with one cup?<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you for the clarification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Dear Brother, Thank you for your work. I appreciate it a lot. My question is this: in the NIV version, at Matthew 26:27, it says, &#8220;Then He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you.&#8221; And in the KJV version, it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[146,708,190],"class_list":["post-17185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-lords-supper","tag-matthew","tag-translation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27321,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/shouldnt-the-lords-supper-only-use-one-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":17185,"position":0},"title":"Shouldn&#8217;t the Lord&#8217;s Supper only use one cup?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I do not believe you have it just right on the container for\u00a0you have said\u00a0the following about it: One container is not necessary because the cup was divided before it was drank -\u00a0Luke 22:18-20 Please notice with me what Luke 22:20 says: And the cup (\"the\" represents only \"one\")\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42682,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-one-prayer-or-two-be-given-at-the-lords-supper\/","url_meta":{"origin":17185,"position":1},"title":"Should one prayer or two be given at the Lord&#8217;s Supper?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it proper to give thanks for the bread and the cup in one prayer instead of two separate prayers? I have been searching for scriptural examples that support one position or the other or both. Answer: \"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread,\u00a0blessed\u00a0and broke it, and gave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2664,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-the-lords-supper-be-served-with-one-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":17185,"position":2},"title":"Should the Lord&#8217;s Supper be served with one cup?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 22, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: The texts in the gospels concerning the Lord's Supper all say \"and when he took the\u00a0cup ... \" denoting one cup. Does this bind one cup? Why or why not? Thank you for your help. I met a one cup brother and sister at a gospel meeting and we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57971,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-lords-supper-two-or-three-symbols\/","url_meta":{"origin":17185,"position":3},"title":"The Lord&#8217;s Supper: Two or Three Symbols?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant From time to time, brethren have discussions about the Lord's Supper with respect to the \"one cup\" view as opposed to the practice of serving the fruit of the vine in multiple cups. I have had discussions with those of the \"one cup\" view through the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34429,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/must-a-prayer-be-said-before-eating-a-meal\/","url_meta":{"origin":17185,"position":4},"title":"Must a prayer be said before eating a meal?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it good to say grace before eating a meal whether it be big or small?\u00a0 Would it be a sin if I don't give thanks to God before eating? Answer: Being thankful to God is important. 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