Matthew 26:26
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
ἄρτος
The most basic human need. You cannot go long without bread. Jesus takes the most fundamental hunger every human knows and says: I am the answer to that. I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger. Not never want things — never be left empty at the deepest level.
μαθητής
disciples
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μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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εὐλογέω
having blessed
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εὐλογέω
To bless, to speak well of. Eulogeo. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Blessing God is acknowledging that He is the source of all good things.
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δίδωμι
giving
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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ἐσθίω
When were eating
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ἐσθίω
To eat, to consume. Man shall not live by bread alone. Physical eating sustains the body. Feeding on God's word sustains the soul.
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σῶμα
Body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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λαμβάνω
do take
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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ἔπω
He said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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φάγω
do eat;
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φάγω
to eat (literally or figuratively)
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κλάω
broke it,
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κλάω
to break (specially, of bread)
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