Article June 30, 1934 Issue

Bible Notes

"The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven" (John 6:33)—A rendering more strictly in accord with the idiom of the original would be, "The bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven;" and Goodspeed: "It is God's bread that comes down out of heaven."

"Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you" (I Cor. 11:24)—In a number of the best early manuscripts, including the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Alexandrian, this statement appears in a somewhat briefer form, reading simply: "This is my body, which is for you" (cf. American Revised Version). Some scholars prefer to retain the word "broken" (while still omitting "take, eat"); and we find: "This is my body which is broken for you" (Weymouth, 5th edition); "This means my body broken for you" (Moffatt).

"Shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord" (I Cor. 11:27)—This is a literal rendering of the original; Weymouth, however, suggests, "sins against the body and blood of the Lord;" and Moffatt, "will have to answer for a sin against the body and blood of the Lord;" while Goodspeed has, "will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord."

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