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To: Mrs. Don-o

“I didn’t see in Scripture where Jesus received or consumed the consecrated elements at the Last Supper, Himself. It says supper was finished; it says He blessed the bread, broke it, and gave it to his disciples;”


After He blessed and broke the bread, and offered it to His disciples, Paul writes “After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,” (1 Co 11:25). Thus, they, all of them, had eaten of the bread that was just offered, and “when he had supped,” offers up the cup which he blessed saying “this is my blood.” With the same cup in hand, which had already been allegedly transformed into His real blood, He says “But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom” (Matt 26:29). Thus, “this” fruit of the vine, He held in His hand, He would not “henceforth” drink, obviously indicating that this would be the last drink of wine He would have till the culmination of the Kingdom of God and all the Apostles are reunited with Him in the next world.

Thus, your argument that He did not drink and eat, or that He drank and eat before He blessed anything, is pure fantasy.


169 posted on 08/06/2013 2:25:25 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
As you can see from these five translations (and none of them are Catholic), the line you refer to is translated "after supper," "after He had supped," and "when supper was ended."

From this you can see that "after He had supped" means "after supper," or "when supper was ended."

It does not mean that He blessed this wine, said "This is My blood," then drank it Himself, and gave it to the others at table. After He said those words, He didn't drink it Himself; rather, in the same manner as before, He gave it to the others.

In the same manner as before, means He blessed it and distributed it, just as He had blessed and distributed that which He said was His Body. He didn't consume it Himself at that point.

That seems pretty clear. He's the Bread of Life. He's not eating Himself.

172 posted on 08/06/2013 2:54:15 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Point of clarification.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

193 posted on 08/06/2013 8:11:31 PM PDT by narses
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