Matthew 26:29

I will not drink. The word “henceforth” implies that Jesus did drink from the cup upon this occasion. As the disciples were to drink of the cup “in remembrance” of Jesus “till he come” (1 Cor. 11:25, 26), He Himself would abstain from it until He should “drink it new” with them in His Father’s kingdom.

Until that day. It may be that Jesus here refers to the “marriage supper of the Lamb” (Rev. 19:9). As the Last Supper was closely related to the great event that made possible the plan of salvation, so the marriage supper of the Lamb will celebrate the triumph of the plan.

New. This does not refer to new wine in contrast with fermented wine, but to the fact that everything in the kingdom will be “new” (Rev. 21:5).

My Father's kingdom. The drinking of the communion cup was to “shew the Lord’s death till he come” (1 Cor. 11:26). It is a pledge on God’s part that the kingdom will eventually become a reality, and on our part, of faith in the promise that this will be so. The ordinance of the Lord’s table significantly links the first advent with the second. The communion service was designed to keep the hope of Christ’s second coming vivid in the minds of the disciples, as well as the memory of His vicarious death (see 1 Cor. 11:25, 26; cf. DA 659).