He wished it to be clear that He died willingly because He died for us.
He would have us thus show forth His death till He comes again, so that what moved Him to endure the cross may never be in doubt.
"This do," said He, "in remembrance of Me"--not as a test of orthodoxy, not as a sacrifice for sin, not as expiation for the dead, not as a preparation for judgment--do it only as "remembrance."
W. Wilson