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easoning by rendering koinonia, in the sixteenth verse, communion, <strong>and</strong><br />

koinonos, in the eighteenth verse, "partakers" <strong>and</strong> "fellowship."<br />

HAMMOND translates the word koinwni÷a "communication," <strong>and</strong><br />

paraphrases it: "<strong>The</strong> Christian feast of bread <strong>and</strong> wine in the Lord's Supper<br />

is...the making us partakers of the body <strong>and</strong> blood of Christ," <strong>and</strong> refers to<br />

his note on Acts ii. 42, in which he says: "<strong>The</strong> word koinonia is to be<br />

rendered, not communion, but communication, by that, meaning<br />

distribution...or participation, by which any are made partakers of some<br />

gift. In this notion is the word generally used in Scripture for...some kind of<br />

distributing or dispensing to others...So in 1 Cor. x. 16, the participating of<br />

the body <strong>and</strong> blood of Christ."<br />

Bishop HALL (d. 1656): “That sacred cup...is it not that wherein we<br />

have a joint communion with Christ, in partaking of His blood? <strong>The</strong><br />

bread...is it not that wherein we...have communion with Christ, in a joint<br />

receiving of His body?"<br />

Archbishop SHARP: "St. Paul here plainly teaches us that these<br />

sacred signs make those who use them to have communion with Christ<br />

crucified."<br />

<strong>The</strong> WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY'S Annotations represent the<br />

communion as "a sign or pledge of the spiritual communion which we<br />

have together, who by faith participate in the body <strong>and</strong> blood of Christ."<br />

MATTHEW HENRY says: "He lays down his argument from the<br />

Lord's Supper, a feast on the sacrificed body <strong>and</strong> blood of our Lord."<br />

MACKNIGHT translates: "Is it (the cup of blessing) not the joint<br />

participation of the blood of Christ? Is it (the loaf which we break) not the<br />

joint participation of the body of Christ?"<br />

ADAM CLARKE gives this as the force of the words: "We who<br />

partake of this sacred cup, in commemoration of the death of Christ, are<br />

made partakers of His body <strong>and</strong> blood, <strong>and</strong> thus have fellowship with<br />

Him." CONYBEARE <strong>and</strong> HOWSON thus paraphrase the words: "When

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