Why is Luke 22:19 important for communion?

Luke 22:19 is the founding moment of Christian communion. Jesus directly attaches the bread to His body and gives believers the command to keep doing this until He returns. Every communion service in every church across history traces back to this single sentence.

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Luke 22:19 — Break Bread

What Does Luke 22:19 Mean?

Q: What does Luke 22:19 mean?

Luke 22:19 records Jesus instituting communion at the Last Supper. He took bread, broke it, and told His disciples it represented His body given for them — instructing them to "do this in remembrance of me." The verse establishes the practice of communion as central to Christian worship.

"And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."" (Luke 22:19, NIV)

On the night He would be betrayed, Jesus took bread, gave thanks, and broke it. The action was familiar — He had eaten countless meals with His disciples this same way. But the words were new. "This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

Communion was instituted in that moment. Not an elaborate ritual. A meal. Bread broken and shared at a table, with the most loaded instruction in the New Testament attached: do this to remember me. Every Christian church since has been practicing some version of that simple, weighted command.

The image is intentional. Bread is broken before it can be shared. Jesus is teaching that His body would be broken — torn, given, sacrificed — so that we could be fed. The cost of the meal is hidden in the breaking of the bread.

Break Bread is the name we have given to the collection rooted in this moment. Because communion is not just a ritual we observe. It is a posture we carry — gratitude, remembrance, and the unshakeable truth that we belong to a table that never turns anyone away.

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