After explaining the purpose of the Broken Bread, He gave, to His Disciples, the cup of wine. After they drank thereof, He directed them to give it to the people. Having done this the Lord pronounced a blessing upon them. "For," said He, "this is fulfilling My commandments, and this does witness unto the Father that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you."
Not Intoxicating Wine. It might be proper to note here that the wine mentioned was certainly not the intoxicating kind. In the Hebrew language there are many words or terms, translated wine. Most of them stand for harmless grape-juice, or preserves, or even vinegar. The wine that was made inebriating by fermentation or by the addition of drugs, such as myrrh, mandragora, or opiates, was not used for sacred purposes.
After having administered the Sacrament, our Lord admonished the people to pray always. To watch and to pray is a shield against temptation. He also warned them against neglecting their public meetings, and against forbidding anyone to attend those gatherings. He told them to hold up their light that it might shine unto all the world. And then He added the exceedingly important observation "Behold, I am the light which ye shall hold up-that which ye have seen me do." In other words, they were to preach Christ, His life and death; not themselves. There is no other Light.