Didache

Anonymous

Didache. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1912.

Pray thus three times a day.

And concerning the Eucharist, hold[*](The translation fails to preserve the play on the words, which might be rendered concerning the giving of thanks, give thanks thus, etc. But this would obscure the fact that εὐχαριστία is here quite clearly Eucharist (cf. v. 5).) Eucharist[*](The Eucharist) thus:

First concerning the Cup, We give thanks[*](The Cup) to thee, our Father, for the Holy Vine of David thy child, which, thou didst make known to us through Jesus thy child; to thee be glory for ever.