What Is Chalice in the Bible?
Object
The cup in which the priest consecrates the wine at Mass.
A detail
- In the Bible: “to drink the chalice” is to accept a suffering, like Jesus in Gethsemane.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 26:27; Matthew 26:39
What the Bible says
Matthew 26:27
And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this.
Matthew 26:39
And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Matthew 26:39