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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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great multitude. As was wont at meals, on <strong>the</strong> tl 40<br />

part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> household, <strong>Jesus</strong> took <strong>the</strong><br />

bread, ^ blessed' ^ ^Bar.a« or, as St. John puts it,'<br />

gave thanks,' * <strong>and</strong> ^ brake' it. <strong>The</strong> expression<br />

recalls that connected with <strong>the</strong> Holy Eucharist, <strong>and</strong><br />

leaves little<br />

doubt on <strong>the</strong> mind that, in <strong>the</strong> Discourse delivered<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Synagogue <strong>of</strong> Capernaum,^ <strong>the</strong>re is also<br />

reference to <strong>the</strong> Lord's Supper. As <strong>of</strong> * stJcga<br />

comparatively secondary importance, yet helping<br />

us better to realise <strong>the</strong> scene, we recall <strong>the</strong> Jewish<br />

ordinance, that <strong>the</strong> Head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> House was only to<br />

speak <strong>the</strong> blessing if he himself shared in <strong>the</strong> meal,<br />

yet if <strong>the</strong>y who sat down to it were not merely<br />

guests, but his<br />

' <strong>The</strong> literal rendering <strong>of</strong> wpaatd is used by <strong>the</strong><br />

Sjnoptiste; but in St Matt.<br />

* gazden-bed.* In St Markvi. 40, wpatruX zv. 36,<br />

<strong>and</strong> in St liark viii 6, <strong>the</strong> term wMud, * gardenbeds,<br />

garden-beds.' In is also that <strong>of</strong> thd^nhtgioingt

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