“Well, you take a lot of space to say not much of anything. Even in the Mass we say “When we eat this bread and drink this cup...” AFTER THE CONSECRATION.”
Jesus “consecrated” the wine and transformed it into blood in verse 28, our verses in question come right after. Therefore, AFTER the concescration, Christ referred to the fruit of the vine as... fruit of the vine, and not blood.
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“Jesus “consecrated” the wine and transformed it into blood in verse 28, our verses in question come right after. Therefore, AFTER the concescration, Christ referred to the fruit of the vine as... fruit of the vine, and not blood.”
Again, we refer to the Eucharist as “BREAD” - in the Mass - AFTER the consecration. We do just as Christ did.