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Lord's Supper


CategoryTheological Term / Ordinance / Sacrament
Modern EquivalentCommunion; the Eucharist; the meal of bread and cup instituted by Christ.
KJV Word TypeNoun phrase
DefinitionThe ordinance instituted by Christ on the night of His betrayal, in which He gave His disciples bread and the cup as symbols of His body and blood, commanding them to observe it in remembrance of Him until He returns. Paul's account in 1 Corinthians 11 is the most detailed NT treatment.
Key Verses"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread... This do in remembrance of me." (1 Corinthians 11:23–24)