where in the bible does it say that Jesus was referring to a symbol at the last supper, when he said take and?

Question

eat, this IS my body. does IS now mean, is----NOT?
hmm, would I be adding words to scripture that is NOT there?

Answer 1

The last supper is told of in Matt. 26:17-30. Without a doubt whatsoever, Jesus was saying that the bread represented his body, and the cup of wine represented his blood, which was shed for the sins of all mankind. If I were for you, I would just take Jesus' words for it, and accept the matter as it is. If you can not trust the words of Jesus, then who's words could you ever possibly trust. As far as adding anything to the Word of God, or taking anything from it, I would be very, very careful what I said in regard to the Word of God. I will tell you exactly what God Himself said to us: "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Rev. 22:18-19)

Answer 2

The argument of the detractors and persecutors of the first and second century Church call our practice cannibalism but it is correct that this is the reason so many disciples left Jesus at the synagogue in Capernaum as recorded in John 6. It is the teaching that was said to be hard teaching which the apostles would not understand for a few days but it would become clear thanks to their patience and trust in Jesus. They expected him to explain to them the meaning of his words as he had all His parables in the past but this time he would explain to them with His actions on the cross of Calvary on the hill of Golgotha at the end of the Via Dolorosa. At the Lord’s Last Supper he demonstrated the miracle of the Eucharist and emphasized the miracle by stating do this in “anamnesis” of me, which means that the miracle he performed was to make the future a present reality just as he makes the past a present reality in the Eucharist at Mass. He was illustrating that His miracle was not constrained by the natural laws of time but is the greatest of all his miracles allowing him to be present with His Church not just in a spiritual sense but in a corporeal sense as well. So no, Jesus was not speaking symbolically at all but was quite literal in His words. This represents the culmination of the clearest of all of Jesus’ teaching in Scripture. St. Paul understood what Jesus taught when he said that unless one discerns the Body and Blood of our Lord when one receives then they bring condemnation on themselves.

In conclusion, while Jesus did teach using metaphors, He also was capable and did teach literally. The teaching that the bread and the wine are His true flesh is one of those teachings. Jesus said twelve times that He was the bread from heaven and four times he commanded “to eat my flesh and drink my blood”. Never did Jesus call those disciples who left at Capernaum and say “come back, you misunderstand”.

The corporeal presence of Christ in the Eucharist is the only teaching that is supported by Scriptures, and it was the sixteenth century heretic Ulrich Zwingli who threw the Corporeal Christ out of Protestant worship.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 3

Jesus replaced into Jewish. He participated in a Passover Seder. so a good distance as they have been in contact, it wasn't The final Supper, it somewhat is our call for it. The custom of communion at a church provider is a re-enactment of the Passover Seder / final Supper. The Christ presented ingredients and drinks to his Apostles to partake in memory of Him. So that's achieved as a memorial, and way for the physique of the church to proceed to partake interior the physique and blood, as a logo of a covenant. The symbols of the bread (physique) and the wine (blood) are metaphorical. The bread replaced into symbolic of non secular food, the wine symbolic of the presence of the living Christ between them. The Christ replaced into so thoroughly immersed interior the instructions, he grew to grow to be the instructions. So in offering the non secular food, he replaced into offering himself.....

Answer 4

It does not
In John 6 the literal Real Presence is strongly taught.
Bible Alone people are good at reading their church traditions into the reading of the Bible and avoiding seeing what is obviously there.

Answer 5

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." - John 6:51-56

"Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine . . . the Blood of Christ I shall tell you: the Holy Spirit comes upon them and accomplishes what surpasses every word and thought . . . Let it be enough for you to understand that it is by the Holy Spirit, just as it was of the Holy Virgin and by the Holy Spirit that the Lord, through and in himself, took flesh. [St. John Damascene, De fide orth 4, 13: PG 94, 1145A.]"

Answer 6

The Last Supper was Jesus and His disciples performing the Jewish Passover feast which was a symbolic reinactment of when they left Egypyt.

Jesus is the passover lamb. We need to accept His death and sacrifice. Jesus told us what is the meat of God:

Jn:4:34: Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Therefore accepting the work of God which is Christ on the cross is the meat we eat. And communion is a symbol of that.

Answer 7

He wasnt speaking of His body and blood as a mere symbol. He was actually speaking of His true body and blood and those who partake of the Eucharist are taking in Christ

Answer 8

You might have crafted your questions better than you did. It's hard to see what it is that you are talking about. I think that you are referring to Transubstantiation.

Try to remember, the Bible wasn't written in English, originally.

If you think that Jesus is telling people to eat him in John 6, then you can if you want. You don't need my input on that. I would just ask you about who he was talking to when he said those things, and where he first met them, and what happened after he fed them. I am under the the persuasion that after Jesus ditched them in Tiberias when he perceived that they wanted to force him into kingship, they followed him across the sea, and after reasoning with them, they remained greedy in that they wanted him to preform more miracles. So he told them about Communion without any background to it.

I know this is not what you are being taught. But it's the truth. Jesus told them that they must commit cannibalism, not literally, but figuratively. He meant for them to disassemble themselves from his presence on their own will, which they did. They did not want to commit cannibalism. He wasn't telling them to, he was purposefully causing them tho harden their hearts against him.

So no added words necessary. He did what he did, which is not a part of the Roman Catholic doctrine to see what he did, only to teach their gross tradition which is from 'canni baal' (Priests of Baal) . A Mystery Religion.

Answer 9

Jesus knew it was the last supper, and that is why we have communion. It is to remember His body and drink to remember His blood. We use grape juice and crackers.
This is for us to remember Him and his last supper.

Answer 10

So, if you believe it is actually the body and blood of Jesus that you eat what does that make you? A cannibal? And then our Savior passes through your digestive system and is discarded in your Poop and you flush Him down the toilet? At what point in the digestive process does the bread and wine stop being Jesus?