Getting the ‘number’ will give one pause for reflection...
That’s the idea. It’s something that I reflect on. I am interested in how different believers through the ages have struggled to come to an understanding of what Jesus meant by the words that He spoke during the Bread of Life Discourse in John 6. It truly is a hard saying.
The article at the link below gives a good description of different understandings of the Catholic Church, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrich Zwingli.
http://www.theologian.org.uk/doctrine/calvinonthelordssupper.html