Isaiah the Ox wrote:But that verse isn't talking about the Lord's Supper. The context of that verse is Jesus talking to the people on the lake. The "Bread of Life" verse is found in John 6 (none of the other gospels have it), but The Last Supper is mention by John in chapter 13. I sincerely doubt the listeners at the time (in John 6) would be thinking: "Oh, yeah, he's talking about the Passover meal he hasn't had yet."
No but when the time came for the Last Supper and He used the same words they could look back to John 6. I mean of course they couldn't see ahead but Jesus could and He introduce concepts that would come into play later. Also for me when I looked into this I could not find anyone until Zwingli who agrees with your interpretation that's it's only a symbol. That it is truly the Body and Blood is a universal belief until the 1500s.
aragtaghooligan wrote:Did you even miss me while I was gone?
How do you feel inside of yourself?
What does it mean that faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains? Does it meant hat all of us have microscopic faith?
Of course I missed you.
Inside of myself? I'm not understanding the question.
No, I think its saying that we only need a little faith to do great things.
Miss Friendship wrote:So, why after the Last Supper, when Jesus says, "This is my body" did he precede to call it "bread" again three times afterward? Wouldn't that indicate that he was saying that in a purely symbolic way?
No, it was both His Body and bread.
Blitz wrote:Of what ancestry are you?
English and German mostly, with some of the German being German Jews.
Mandy wrote:If someone were standing over you with a sword, telling you to deny Jesus or else you'd be chopped into a million pieces, what would you do?
What do you usually do to vent/calm your anger?
What is your career goal?
Favorite SS forum?
Funnest thing you've done this summer?
I sure hope I wouldn't deny Jesus, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't.
Play video games.
Don't have any at the moment.
Favorite forum, probably church.
I went on a winery tour with several friends, that was fun.
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