Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Study Note
Study Note
Jesus' interpretation of the cup — 'this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins' — weaves together Exodus 24:8 (blood of the covenant at Sinai), Jeremiah 31:31 (the new covenant), and Isaiah 53:12 (the Servant who bears the sins of 'the many'). The phrase 'for many' (peri pollōn) echoes the inclusive Semitic idiom in which 'many' means 'all,' reflecting Isaiah 53's sacrificial language and anticipating Romans 5:15–19's Adam-Christ parallel. The explicit linkage of cup to covenant blood in a Passover context identifies Jesus' death as the eschatological Passover that constitutes a new people of God — a claim with enormous consequences for the church's self-understanding. The verse is the exegetical foundation for all Christian eucharistic theology and for the New Covenant hermeneutic of biblical interpretation.
Other Translations
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.
for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out--to remission of sins;
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
Cross References
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which …
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All …
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and …
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit …
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which …
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, …
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of …