Review of the text

• John 6:9-11
• John 6:22-27
• Figures of speech in John
  • Physical vs. spiritual
    • John 3:3-7
    • John 4:13-14
    • John 4:31-34
    • John 7:37-38
    • John 8:31-36
    • John 8:38-39, 44
    • John 6:31-35 – Physical bread vs. spiritual bread.
• John 6:44-46 – In v45, it is those who have heard and learned from God that came to Jesus. It was not a miraculous intervention.
• John 6:51-58 – Jesus is the living bread from heaven.
  • The phrases about eating His flesh and drinking His blood are about consuming the teaching that Jesus brought to the world.
    • I Corinthians 1:22

Observations

Check your motive.

• John 6:26, 25, 59-63, 66-68

This is not teaching transubstantiation.

• Matthew 26:26-28
• This teaching is not in the text. Jesus was still there when He said to eat His flesh.
• Drinking blood was not permitted under the Law of Moses.
• This is a figure of speech!

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