Luke 22:16

22:16 until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God: This celebration had as its goal the messianic banquet (see 14:1-24). Jesus’ death as the true Passover lamb (1 Cor 5:7) inaugurated the Kingdom of God that will be completed at Jesus’ second coming.

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Luk 22:16. Ἕως ὅτου, ever until) Then shall the heavenly banquet be celebrated. See Luk 22:30.—πληρωθῇ, it be fulfilled) i.e. until the Paschal Lamb, the type of the heavenly kingdom, be superseded by the Antitype, which fulfils it.—ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ, in the kingdom) Luk 22:18; Luk 22:30.

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Luk 22:16 . λέγω γὰρ : the words of Jesus here reported answer to words given in Mt. and Mk. at a later stage, i.e. , at the close of their narrative of the institution of the Supper. At this point Lk.’s narrative follows a divergent course.

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Verse 16. Until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.] That is, until that of which the passover is a type is fulfilled in my death, through which the kingdom of God, or of heaven, (See Mt 3:2), shall be established among men.

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(16) Until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.—The words are obviously the expression of the same thought as those in Mat_26:29, where see Note. Here the word “fulfilled” presents a new depth of meaning. The “Passover” was fulfilled in the kingdom of God: (1) in the sacrifice on the cross; (2) in every commemoration of that sacrifice by the acts which He appointed. Every such act was one of Communion, not only of the disciples with each other, but with Him, and in it He is, as it were, joining in the feast with them. Hereafter, as in the promise of Rev_3:20, “I will sup with him, and he with Me,” there will be a yet fuller consummation. (Comp. Luk_22:18.)

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16. I will not any more eat thereof] The true reading probably is, I will not eat it. The ‘not any more’ however is a correct gloss.

until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God] i.e. until the true Passover has been offered by my death, and so the new kingdom established.

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And he took the cup and gave thanks,.... There were four cups of wine drank at the passover, which the poorest man in Israel was obliged to drink; and over each of which a blessing was pronounced (m): and this was one of them, and seems to be the first; for the passover was begun by mixing a cup of wine, and blessing it, or giving thanks over it (n); and which was usually done in the following manner (o):

"blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, the King of the world, who hast created "the fruit of the vine": blessed art thou, O Lord our God, the King of the world, who hath chosen us above all people, and hath exalted us above every tongue, and hath sanctified us by his commandments; and thou hast given unto us, O Lord our God, in love, the stated festivals for joy, and the feasts and seasons for rejoicing; this day of the feast of unleavened bread, this time of our freedom, a holy convocation, in remembrance of the going out of Egypt; for thou hast chosen us, and thou hast sanctified us, above all people; and the feasts of thine holiness with joy and rejoicing thou hast made us to inherit: blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast sanctified Israel, and the seasons: blessed art thou, O Lord our God, who hath kept us alive, and preserved us, and hast brought us to this time.''

After this every one drank of his cup, and put it on the table: accordingly it follows,

and said, take this and divide it among yourselves; that is, every one drink of it.

(m) Maimon. Chametz Umetzah, c. 7. sect. 9, 10. (n) Ib. c. 8. sect. 1. (o) Haggada Shel Pesach. fol. 241. 1, 2. ed. Basil. p. 3, 4. ed. Rittangel.

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16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

Ver. 16. Until it be fulfilled] Until the old passover he abolished, and the new brought in place by my death and resurrection.

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Until it be fulfilled - See the notes at Mat 26:29.

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16. Eat thereof—Whether as Passover or Lord’s Supper; both being the same thing in successive stages of development.

Until it be fulfilled—Until the emblem is fulfilled in the glorious reality.

In the kingdom of God—In the resurrection state.

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Vers. 16-18. For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. There was yet one other reason for the Master"s special desire once more to eat the solemn Passover with his chosen disciples. He would, by some significant action and word, show that the great Jewish feast, for so many centuries the central act of the ritual observances under the Mosaic Law, from henceforth would be superseded by a new and a yet more solemn religious rite. The Jewish Passover was to give place to the Christian sacrament. He, their Master, would with them share in the Passover meal that evening for the last time. The next time that he would partake would be still with them, but it would be in the kingdom of God, that is to say, in the Church of God, which was to be founded after his resurrection. The kingdom of God commenced with the resurrection of Jesus. The constant celebration of the Holy Eucharist commenced from that time; it is more than probable that our Lord partook of it, after his resurrection, with his own. (see Luk_24:30 Act_10:41) I will not any more eat thereof, until... I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until, etc. These statements, which speak of a final partaking (eating and drinking), are closely parallel to the command contained in vers. 19, 20. The first statement seems solemnly to close the celebration of the Passover Feast; the second, to institute with equal solemnity a new feast in its place desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer" (ver. 15); for

The Passover Feast is solemnly put an end to.

"I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God" (ver. 16).

"I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come" (ver. 18).

The Holy Eucharist is solemnly instituted.

"He took bread,... and brake it, and gave unto them: ... This do in remembrance of me" (ver. 19).

"Likewise also the cup after Supper" (ver. 20).

It was in the course of the great ritual Supper on some of the occasions when the cup was passed round, and the unleavened bread formally broken or dipped in one of the Passover dishes, that the Lord found his opportunity solemnly to announce the formal abrogation of the old Paschal Supper and the institution of the new communion feast. The above literal interpretation of the Lord"s mystic words, "until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father"s kingdom", (Mat_26:29) or, as St. Luke reports them, "I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come which literal interpretation in the main is that preferred by Dean Mansel (Commentary on Mat_26:29) see, too, St. Chrysostom in Matthew Hom. 72., who adopts the same literal interpretation does not exclude a yet deeper and more spiritual meaning which lies beneath the surface, and which speaks of another and spiritual banquet in the heavenly realm, which not only the Redeemer, but also his redeemed, will partake of. Heaven-life under the form of a banquet was imagery well known and often painted by the Jewish masters in the old rabbinic schools before and contemporary with the earthly life of Christ. The New Testament writers in several places have adopted the similar imagery, notably in Mat_8:11 Luk_22:30 Rev_19:9. How widespread and well loved was this Jewish representation of the heaven-life under the form of a banquet is clear from the three above-quoted references taken from St. Matthew, Paul (Luke), and John.

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For I will not eat thereof any more - That is, it will be the last I shall eat with you before I die. The kingdom of God did not properly commence till his resurrection. Then was fulfilled what was typified by the passover.

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16. [οὐκέτι] οὐ μὴ φάγω αὐτό. ‘I will not eat it.’ The “not any more” however is a correct gloss.

ἕως ὅτου πληρωθῇ κ.τ.λ. i.e. until the true Passover has been offered by my death, and so the new kingdom established.

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16.] The full meaning of this declaration is to be sought in the words τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα. It was that particular Passover, not merely the Passover generally—though of course that also,—that was to receive its fulfilment in the kingdom of God. And to this fulfilment our Lord alludes again in ver. 30, ἵνα ἔσθητε καὶ πίνητε ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης μου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου. It is to this marriage supper of the Lamb, that the parable Mat 22:1-14 in its ultimate application refers: nor can we help thinking on the faithless Apostle at this very supper, in ib. vv. 11-13: see notes there.

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16. οὐ μὴ φάγω αὐτό. After this present occasion. The αὐτο must refer to τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα (ver. 15), and shows that this need not imply a lamb. The Passover of which Christ will partake, after having fulfilled the type, is the Christian Eucharist, in which He joins with the faithful in the Kingdom of God on earth. Others suppose the reference to be to the spiritual banquet in the world to come. But if αὐτό means the paschal lamb, in what sense could Jesus partake of that in the future? The Mishna itself contemplates the possibility of a passover without a lamb, and rules that unleavened bread is the only essential thing. With an influx of many thousands of pilgrims, to provide a lamb might be in some cases impossible.

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