Luke 9:16

9:16 Then 1  he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks 2  and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Luke 22:19

22:19 Then 3  he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body 4  which is given for you. 5  Do this in remembrance of me.”

1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

2 sn Gave thanks adds a note of gratitude to the setting. The scene is like two other later meals: Luke 22:19 and 24:30. Jesus gives thanks to God “with respect to” the provision of food. The disciples learn how Jesus is the mediator of blessing. John 6 speaks of him in this scene as picturing the “Bread of Life.”

3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

4 tc Some important Western mss (D it) lack the words from this point to the end of v. 20. However, the authenticity of these verses is very likely. The inclusion of the second cup is the harder reading, since it differs from Matt 26:26-29 and Mark 14:22-25, and it has much better ms support. It is thus easier to explain the shorter reading as a scribal accident or misunderstanding. Further discussion of this complicated problem (the most difficult in Luke) can be found in TCGNT 148-50.

5 sn The language of the phrase given for you alludes to Christ’s death in our place. It is a powerful substitutionary image of what he did for us.