John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:26
26 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. Ver. 26. Jesus took bread ] From bread and wine used by the Jews at the eating of the paschal lamb, without all command of Moses, but resting upon the common reason given by the Creator, Christ authorizeth a seal of his very flesh and blood. And as the householder, at the end of that solemn supper, blessed God, first, taking bread, and again,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:25
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. Ver. 25. Master, is it I? ] Desperate impudency! debauched hypocrisy! Had he the face to ask such a question? He could not but know that Christ knew all; yet hoped he, perhaps, that of his wonted gentleness, he would conceal him still, as he had done for certain days before. But incorrigible and incurable persons are no longer to be borne with. He heareth, therefore, "Thou hast said it,"... read more