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Take and eat - a Christian perspective
During the Last Supper Jesus broke bread with his disciples and gave it to them. He told them to take and eat it saying that it was his body.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:26&version=NIV
Fruit of the vine - a Christian perspective
At the Last Supper with his disciples, Jesus drank wine (the fruit of the vine) and ate bread with them, using them to symbolize the sacrifice he was about to make on the cross.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:29&version=NIV
Bread and wine - a Christian perspective
At the Last Supper, Jesus shared bread and wine with his disciples, presenting them as symbols of the sacrifice he was about to make on the cross.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022:17-20&version=NIV
This is my blood - a Christian perspective
The practice of communion has its beginning in the Last Supper, when Jesus pointed to a cup of wine as a symbol of the blood he would soon shed on his disciples' behalf.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:27-28&version=NIV
Communion in the Bible: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The Christian practice of communion is a commemoration of Jesus' Last Supper, where he shared bread and wine and used them as vivid illustrations of the sacrifice he was about to make. Today at communion services, Christians around the world drink wine and eat bread to remember Christ's blood and body, sacrificed for us on the cross.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2010:16-17&version=NIV
Broke bread - a Christian perspective
Shortly before his betrayal, Jesus celebrated a final supper with his disciples. He held up broken bread as a symbol of the sacrifice he was about to make. To this day, countless Christian churches celebrate communion in imitation of this last supper.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022:19&version=KJV
Lord's supper - a Christian perspective
At the Last Supper before Jesus' arrest, he instituted a tradition than has been followed in Christian churches for centuries. He offered bread and wine to his disciples, telling them to remember his sacrifice on the cross. Countless churches still commemorate this supper, often calling it "communion."
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:17-30&version=NIV
This is my body - a Christian perspective
The Christian practice of communion springs from this story, in which Jesus shares bread and wine with his disciples and encourages them to view it as a symbol of his sacrifice for them.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:26-28&version=NIV
Last supper - a Christian perspective
Jesus' final meal with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion is known as the Last Supper. At this final meal, Jesus shared bread and wine with his followers and even predicted that one of them would betray him.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2014:12-25&version=NIV
The Last Supper in the Bible: Luke 22:7-20
The Last Supper was Jesus' final meal spent with his disciples before his death. During this meal, Jesus established the use of bread and wine as symbols of his body and blood, and of his sacrifice on the cross. Thousands of years later, Christians still celebrate "communion" in imitation of this meal.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022:7-20&version=NIV