2025-02-12

February 12 ¶

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

Exodus 35:1–36:38
出埃及记 35:1–36:38
Psalm 22:1-8
诗篇 22:1-8
Proverbs 8:6-11
箴言 8:6-11
Matthew 26:26-50
马太福音 26:26-50

Notes:
注解：

Psalm 22:1 This heavy lament rivals Job 3; Psalm 69; Jeremiah 20:14–18. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? The repeated noun of direct address to God reflects a personal molecule of hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. "Forsaken" is a strong expression for personal abandonment, intensely felt by David and supremely experienced by Christ on the cross (Matt. 27:46).
诗篇 22:1 这首沉重的哀歌可与约伯记3章、诗篇69篇、耶利米书20:14-18相提并论。我的神，我的神！为什么离弃我？ 对神的直接呼求重复出现，反映了看似绝望处境中仍存一丝个人盼望。"离弃"是对被遗弃的强烈表达，大卫深切感受到这一点，而基督在十字架上更是极致地经历了这感受（太27:46）。

Proverbs 8:10, 11 The most valuable reality a young person can attain is the insight to order his life by the standard of truth (see 3:14, 15; 8:19–21; also Job 28:12–28; Ps. 19:10).
箴言 8:10-11 年轻人能获得的最宝贵智慧，是按真理标准规范生活的洞见（参见3:14-15；8:19-21；另见伯28:12-28；诗19:10）。

Matthew 26:39 this cup. See v. 42. A cup is often the symbol of divine wrath against sin in the Old Testament (Is. 51:17, 22; Jer. 25:15–17, 27–29; Lam. 4:21, 22; Ezek. 23:31–34; Hab. 2:16). The next day Christ would "bear the sins of many" (Heb. 9:28)—and the fullness of divine wrath would fall on Him (Is. 53:10, 11; 2 Cor. 5:21). This was the price of the sin He bore, and He paid it in full. His cry of anguish in 27:46 reflects the extreme bitterness of the cup of wrath He was given. not as I will, but as You will. This implies no conflict between the Persons of the Godhead. Rather, it graphically reveals how Christ in His humanity voluntarily surrendered His will to the will of the Father in all things—precisely so that there would be no conflict between the divine will and His desires. See John 4:34; 6:38; 8:29; Phil. 2:8.
马太福音 26:39 这杯。 参第42节。在旧约中，"杯"常象征神对罪的愤怒（赛51:17,22；耶25:15-17,27-29；哀4:21,22；结23:31-34；哈2:16）。次日基督将"担当多人的罪"（来9:28）——神的全部愤怒将倾倒在祂身上（赛53:10,11；林后5:21）。这是祂所担之罪的代价，祂全然偿付了。27:46中祂痛苦的呼喊，反映了这愤怒之杯的极度苦楚。不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。 这并不表示神格各位格间的冲突，而是生动显明基督在人性中自愿将己意完全顺服父的旨意——正是为了使神圣旨意与祂的意愿毫无冲突。参约4:34；6:38；8:29；腓2:8。

DAY 12: Why did Jesus institute the Lord’s Supper?
第十二天：耶稣为何设立主的晚餐？

In Matthew 26:26, "Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body,'" thus transforming His last Passover into the first observance of the Lord’s Supper. He is the central antitype in both ceremonies, being represented symbolically by both the paschal lamb of the Passover and the elements in the communion service. His statement, "this is My body," could not possibly have been taken in any literal sense by the disciples present that evening. Such metaphorical language was a typical Hebraism. No eucharistic miracle of transubstantiation was implied, nor could the disciples have missed the symbolic intent of His statement, for His actual body—yet unbroken—was before their very eyes.
马太福音26:26中，"耶稣拿起饼来，祝福，就擘开，递给门徒，说：'你们拿着吃，这是我的身体'"，将最后的逾越节转变为首次主的晚餐。祂是这两个仪式的核心实体——既由逾越节的羔羊象征，也由圣餐中的饼杯预表。当晚在场的门徒不可能按字面理解"这是我的身体"。这种隐喻是典型的希伯来表达，未暗示圣餐的变质神迹，且门徒不可能误解其象征意义，因祂未受伤害的身体就在他们眼前。

When He took the cup of wine, He said that this is "My blood of the new covenant" (v. 28). Covenants were ratified with the blood of a sacrifice (Gen. 8:20; 15:9, 10). Jesus’ words here echo Moses’ pronouncement in Exodus 24:8. The blood of the New Covenant is not an animal’s blood, but Christ’s own blood, shed for the remission of sins. See Jeremiah 31:31–34; Hebrews 8:1–10:18, especially 8:6. Thus He established the observance as an ordinance for worship (1 Cor. 11:23–26). Passover had looked forward to the sacrifice of Christ; He transformed it into an altogether different ceremony, which looks back in remembrance at His atoning death.
当祂拿起杯时，说这是"我立约的血"（第28节）。立约需用祭物的血生效（创8:20；15:9,10）。耶稣的话呼应摩西在出埃及记24:8的宣告。新约的血不是牲畜的血，而是基督为赦罪流出的血（参耶31:31-34；来8:1-10:18，特别是8:6）。祂由此设立这礼仪作为敬拜的圣礼（林前11:23-26）。逾越节前瞻基督的牺牲；祂将其转化为全然不同的仪式，为纪念祂的赎罪之死。

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