Thursday, January 15, 2009

Joachim on the Eucharistic Words

Joachim Jeremias says that a better translation of "Do this in remembrance of me" would be "This do, that God may remember me." (The Eucharistic Words Of Jesus, 251ff)

Posted by Toby at 1:17 PM

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Daniel Bakken said...

What do you say? Does "better" mean "more accurate Greek" or "more harmonious with Old Testament covenants"?

2:11 PM
Anonymous said...

The way I render it in our liturgy here is: "Do this as my memorial." The doing it itself the memorial of Jesus before the Father.

11:24 PM

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