704 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XXII. is also alluded to in what follows; And He took the cup, and gave thanks,and said,Take ye,Sfc. For this gave He thanks, that the old things were about to pass away, and Chrys. allthingsto become new. CHRYS. Remember then when'icli-/.thou sittestdown to meat that afterthe meal thou must pray; thereforesatisfythy hunger, but with moderation, lestbeing overcharged thou shouldestnot be able to bend thy knees in supplicationand prayer to God. Let us not then afterour meals turn to sleep,but to prayer. For Christ plainlysignifiesthis,that the partaking of food should not be followedby sleep or rest,but by prayer and reading the holy Scripture. It follows,For I say unto you, I willnot drinkof thefruitof the vine,untilthe kingdom of God come. BEDE. This may be also taken literally,for from the hour of supper up to the time of resurrectionHe was about to drink no wine. Afterwards He partook both of meat and Acts drink, as Peter testifies,Who did eat and drink with Him 10,41. afier2fe r0sefrom the dead. THZOPHYL. The resurrection iscalledthe kingdom ofGod, because ithas destroyeddeath. Ps.93,i.Therefore David also says,T/ieLord reigneth: He hathput Isa.us,i.on beauty,that is,a beautifulrobe, having put offthe cor ruptionof the flesh. But when the resurrectioncomes,He again drinks with His disciples;to prove that the resurrec tion was not a shadow only. BEDE. But it is far more natural,that as before of the typicallamb, so now alsoof the drink of the Passover,He should say that He would no more taste,untilthe glory of the kingdom of God being made manifest,the faithof the whole world should appear; that so by means of the spiritualchanging ofthe two greatest commands of the law, namely, the eating and drinkingof the Passover,you might learnthat allthe Sacraments ofthe law were to be transferredto a spiritualobservance. 19. And He took bread,and gave thanks,and brake it,and gave unto them, saying,This isMy body which isgivenforyou : thisdo inremembrance ofMe. 20. Likewisealso the cup aftersupper,saying,