# took a cup
"picked up a cup of wine"
# when he had given thanks
"when he had given thanks to God"
# he said
"he said to his apostles"
# share it among yourselves
They were to share the contents of the cup, and not the cup itself. Alternate translation: "share the wine in the cup among yourselves" or "each of you drink some of the wine from the cup" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])