Matthew 26:26
Douay-Rheims
And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.
Jerome
When the typical Passover was concluded, and He had partaken of the Lamb with His Apostles, He comes to the true paschal sacrament; that, as Melchisedech, Priest of the most high God, had done in foreshadowing Christ, offering bread and wine (Gen. 14:18.), He also should offer the present verity of His Body and Bloodc.
Source details
A.D. 420 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:26
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.