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.
- Physical vs. spiritual
- 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
- The phrases about eating His flesh and drinking His blood are about consuming the teaching that Jesus brought to the world.
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!