Mark 14:22-33

The Lord’s Supper

14:22 While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.” 14:23 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 14:24 He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood ¹  of the covenant, ²  that is poured out for many. 14:25 I tell you the truth, ³  I will no longer drink of the fruit ⁴  of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” 14:26 After singing a hymn, ⁵  they went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

14:27 Then ⁶  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ⁷ 

14:28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 14:29 Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!” 14:30 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁸  today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 14:31 But Peter ⁹  insisted emphatically, ¹⁰  “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

Gethsemane

14:32 Then ¹¹  they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus ¹²  said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 14:33 He took Peter, James, ¹³  and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

[14:24]  ¹ tn Grk “this is my blood of the covenant that is poured out for many.” In order to avoid confusion about which is poured out, the translation supplies “blood” twice so that the following phrase clearly modifies “blood,” not “covenant.”

[14:24]  ² tc Most mss (A Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy) have καινῆς (kainh", “new”) before διαθήκης (diaqhkh", “covenant”), a reading that is almost surely influenced by the parallel passage in Luke 22:20. Further, the construction τὸ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης (to th" kainh" diaqhkh"), in which the resumptive article τό (referring back to τὸ αἷμα [to |aima, “the blood”]) is immediately followed by the genitive article, is nowhere else used in Mark except for constructions involving a genitive of relationship (cf. Mark 2:14; 3:17, 18; 16:1). Thus, on both transcriptional and intrinsic grounds, this reading looks to be a later addition (which may have derived from τὸ τῆς διαθήκης of D* W 2427). The most reliable mss, along with several others (א B C D^c L Θ Ψ 565), lack καινῆς. This reading is strongly preferred.

[14:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:25]  ² tn Grk “the produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

[14:26]  ¹ sn After singing a hymn. The Hallel Psalms (Pss 113-118) were sung during the meal. Psalms 113 and 114 were sung just before the second cup and 115-118 were sung at the end of the meal, after the fourth, or hallel cup.

[14:27]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:27]  ² sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[14:30]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:31]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:31]  ² tn Grk “said emphatically.”

[14:32]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:32]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:33]  ¹ tn Grk “and James,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.