Ye cannot (
ou dunasqe). Morally impossible to drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons, to partake of the Lord's table and the table of demons.
Of the table of the Lord (
trapezh Kuriou). No articles, but definite idea.
Trapeza is from
tetra (four) and
peza (a foot), four-footed. Here
table means, as often, what is on the table. See
Luke 22:30 where Jesus says "at my table" (
epi th trapezh mou), referring to the spiritual feast hereafter. Here the reference is plainly to the Lord's Supper (
Kuriakon deipnon,
1 Corinthians 11:20 ). See allusions in O.T. to use of the table in heathen idol feasts (
Isaiah 65:11 ;
Jeremiah 7:18 ;
Ezekiel 16:18 ;
Ezekiel 23:41 ). The altar of burnt-offering is called the table of the Lord in
Malachi 1:7 (Vincent).