that was the last Passover Arthur ..Jesus was explaining to them the fulfillment of the the "type "(passover ) and now they were to remember Him as the fulfillment
He was the bread of life ...with out leaven (sin)
The four cups of wine at the passover correspond to the four expressions of redemption in the Torah: "I took you out...I rescued you...I liberated you...I took you to Me for a people."
It seems that Jesus offered the 3rd cup (I liberated you ) ..."..He was fulfilling the passover..eliminating it and replacing it with Himself
They understood his metaphor ..not one apostle questioned Him about this BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD
You just can not understand Arthur
Mat 13:15FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.' 16"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
Several posters asserted that:
1) Drinking the blood of the victim in a sacrifice was a sin under the Old Law.
2) Therefore: If Jesus actually gave his blood to drink, it would be a sin.
3) Therefore: Jesus did NOT actually give his blood to drink.
I raised this question: If Jesus merely gave wine to drink, symbolizing the drinking of his blood, then he was commanding a ritual action that SYMBOLIZED the commission of a sin.
That seems just as unlikely as Jesus’ commanding the actual commission of a sin. Why in blazes would Jesus command us to PRETEND to be committing a sin, any more than he would command us to sin?
So far, NOBODY has responded to my question.