Mark 14:23

23 And [after] taking the cup [and] giving thanks, he gave [it] to them, and they all drank from it.

Mark 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:23

And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks
Over it, and for it, by blessing it, and appropriating it to the present use and service: he gave it to them;
his disciples, and they all drank of it;
Judas, as well as the rest, as he bid them do; (See Gill on Matthew 26:27).

Mark 14:23 In-Context

21 For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! [It would be] better for him if that man had not been born."

22 And [while] they were eating, he took bread [and], [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them and said, "Take [it], this is my body."

23 And [after] taking the cup [and] giving thanks, he gave [it] to them, and they all drank from it.

24 And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many.

25 Truly I say to you that I will never drink of the fruit of the vine any longer until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("taking") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied in the translation because of English style
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation