Yep. That’s what it was. And His disciples knew, from their teaching, that it was figurative. No transubstantiation yet, the night before, eh? Or all of Him wiuld not have gone to the Cross. Bites of Him would still be being digested. (This is getting kind of sickening if you think it through.)
There, there.
No need to think.
Just TRUST us. Listening to Protestants will only confuse you.