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Ye cannot (ou dunasthe). 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 (trapezēs Kuriou). No articles, but definite idea. Trapeza is from tetra (four) and peza (a foot), four-footed. Here table means, as often, what is on the table. See Luk 22:30 where Jesus says “at my table” (epi tēs trapezēs mou), referring to the spiritual feast hereafter. Here the reference is plainly to the Lord’s Supper (Kuriakon deipnon, 1Co 11:20). See allusions in O.T. to use of the table in heathen idol feasts (Isa 65:11; Jer 7:18; Eze 16:18.; Eze 23:41). The altar of burnt-offering is called the table of the Lord in Mal 1:7 (Vincent).