1 Corinthians 11:23

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
That which also I delivered unto you. Not by writing, as I said before, but by word of mouth. This is one authority for the traditions which, orthodox divines teach, should be added to the written word of God.

Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258
For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye shall show forth the Lord's death until He come."

Fulgentius of Ruspe

AD 533
The blessed Paul, recalling the most sacred mystery of that supper, makes known no other cup than the one called the new covenant by the Lord: “For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” Letter , To Ferrandus

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
I have received of the Lord. That is, by revelation from Christ, as well as from others, who were present with him, that which also I delivered to you by word of mouth Here he speaks of the holy sacrament itself, of the words of consecration, as the evangelists had done, and of the real presence of Christ's body and blood. Which shall be delivered for you. In the common Greek copies, which is broken for you, to wit, on the cross. You shall show the death of the Lord. As often as you receive, it shall be with a devout and grateful remembrance of his sufferings and death for your sake. He puts every one in mind, that whosoever shall eat this bread, (ver. 27.) so called from the outward appearances, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall, by such a sacrilege, be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. And (ver. 29.) that he eateth, and drinketh judgment, or condemnation to himself, not discerning the difference betwixt celestial food and other meats, and not conside...

Oecumenius

AD 990
By “received” Paul means that he was taught. .

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
We have proved from the sacrament of the bread and the cup

The Apostolic Constitutions

AD 375
Being mindful, therefore, of those things that He endured for our sakes, we give Thee thanks, O God Almighty, not in such a manner as we ought, but as we are able, and fulfil His constitution: "For in the same night that He was betrayed, He took bread"

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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