1Cor 10:21 | RWP | e4.org | Ye cannot ( ου δυνασθε ). Morally impossible to drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons, to partake of the Lord's table and the table of demons. Of the table of the Lord ( τραπεζης Κυριου ). No articles, but definite idea. Τραπεζα is from τετρα (four) and πεζα (a foot), four-footed. Here table means, as often, what is on the table. See where Jesus says "at my table" ( επ της τραπεζης μου ), referring to the spiritual feast hereafter. Here the reference is plainly to the Lord's Supper ( Κυριακον δειπνον , ). See allusions in O.T. to use of the table in heathen idol feasts ( ; ; .; ). The altar of burnt-offering is called the table of the Lord in (Vincent).

‏ 1 Corinthians 10:21

Ye cannot ( ου δυνασθε ). Morally impossible to drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons, to partake of the Lord's table and the table of demons.

Of the table of the Lord ( τραπεζης Κυριου ). No articles, but definite idea. Τραπεζα is from τετρα (four) and πεζα (a foot), four-footed. Here

table means, as often, what is on the table. See Lu 22:30 where Jesus says "at my table" ( επ της τραπεζης μου ), referring to the spiritual feast hereafter. Here the reference is plainly to the Lord's Supper ( Κυριακον δειπνον, 1Co 11:20). See allusions in O.T. to use of the table in heathen idol feasts (Isa 65:11; Jer 7:18; Eze 16:18f.; 23:41). The altar of burnt-offering is called the table of the Lord in Mal 1:7 (Vincent).