The Eucharist (2)

9. But as touching the eucharistic thanksgiving give ye thanks thus. 2First, as regards the cup: We give Thee thanks, O our Father, for the holy vine of Thy son David, which Thou madest known unto us through Thy Son Jesus; Thine is the glory for ever and ever. 3Then as regards the broken bread: We give Thee thanks, O our Father, for the life and knowledge which Thou didst make known unto us through Thy Son Jesus; Thine is the glory for ever and ever. 4As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains and being gathered together became one, so may Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom; for Thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. 5But let no one eat or drink of this eucharistic thanksgiving, but they that have been baptized into the name of the Lord; for concerning this also the Lord hath said: Give not that which is holy to the dogs. Joseph Barber Lightfoot and J. R. Harmer, The Apostolic Fathers (London: Macmillan and Co., 1891), 232.

In the Gospels for what does Jesus thank the Father?

The provision of food for his followers.

Matthew 15:36 NASB95

and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Mark 8:6 NASB95

And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the people.

John 6:11 NASB95

Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted.

He thanks the Father for hearing him.

John 11:41 NASB95

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

He gives thanks for the cup.

Matthew 26:27 NASB95

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you;

Mark 14:23 NASB95

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

Luke 22:17 NASB95

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;

How does Paul recount the Lord's Supper?

1 Corinthians 11:24 NASB95

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.”

1 Corinthians 11:25 NASB95

In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Who is the object of Paul's thanks?

Colossians 1:3 NASB95

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Philemon 4 NASB95

I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

For what is Paul giving thanks to God?

1 Corinthians 1:4 NASB95

I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 1:14 NASB95

I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

Ephesians 1:16 NASB95

do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

Philippians 1:3 NASB95

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

Colossians 1:12 NASB95

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

1 Thessalonians 1:2 NASB95

We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;

1 Thessalonians 2:13 NASB95

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 NASB95

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;

2 Thessalonians 2:13 NASB95

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

Revelation 11:17 NASB95

saying, “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

This a textual variant from the 9th - 12th centuries; Irenaus (?).

The cup of thanks/thanksgivng.

1 Corinthians 10:16 NASB95

Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

Believers should be giving thanks rather than.

Ephesians 5:4 NASB95

and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Ephesians 5:20 NASB95

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Colossians 3:17 NASB95

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 NASB95

in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Old Testament referents that I may use for connection.

Exodus 24:8 NASB95

So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Zechariah 9:11 NASB95

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Jeremiah 31:31 NASB95

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Isaiah 53:12 NASB95

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

Jeremiah 31:34 NASB95

“They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Ephesians 1:7 NASB95

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Hebrews 9:20 NASB95

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”