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1 Corinthians 11:23-25 — Paul 'received from the Lord' the Last Supper tradition, predating the Gospels

Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus 00:16:55 – 00:19:00

Paul's detailed knowledge of the Last Supper is one of the strongest demonstrations that he knew specific events from Jesus's life.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 reads: 'For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the New Covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."' Mike highlights: (1) Jesus was betrayed by someone close to him (nighttime, at Passover), (2) he instituted the Eucharist, (3) the sequence matches the Synoptics. Paul says this tradition is 'from the Lord' — not invented — and he is passing it on as received tradition.

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