Did I miss something? wasn't it Christ who commanded: “Unless you eat of the Flesh of the Son of Man, you shall not have life in you”.
it is amazing the number of Protestants who want literal translations of the Bible - who then backslide, mumble and obscure when it comes to John 6:53-58.
It appears Manfred and his source are in the group who says: “This is too hard..” as in John 6:60-66.
Christ was not equivocal - either you is or you isn't.
I don't retract a thing.
Lurking’
And twist and obfuscate and prevaricate and contort and deny and circumlocute and dismiss et cetera ad infinitum . . .
Nobody, but nobody believes everything in the Bible is “literal.” Otherwise, then we’d believe the garbage and claptrap that people like Benny Hinn preach, wherein God is described as having a hand or that we are sheltered under “his wings.”
So, please don’t say that Protestants want literal translations on some things and then not on others. All we want, as I assume you want, is to have a faithful understanding of what Scripture says, IN CONTEXT.