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Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. I am the bread of life. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?48 Jn 6:48-51]) | Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. I am the bread of life. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?48 Jn 6:48-51]) | ||
His followers | His followers were shocked by these words, and especially by his further explanations: | ||
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?” | |||
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. | |||
([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?52 Jn 52-56]) | |||
* Jesus used the term ''fag-oh'', Greek for "to eat", which may be used figuratively. | |||
* His followers, however, did not take him figuratively | |||
* Jesus further affirmed that he meant to "eat his flesh" literally by then using the word which in Greek is, "troh-goh" for "to gnaw" or "to mash with one's teeth", and which is not used figuratively | |||
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* it is reasonable to infer that the wording of the questions in these studies yielded different results | * it is reasonable to infer that the wording of the questions in these studies yielded different results | ||
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