And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
While they were having dinner, Jesus picked up some bread, said a blessing over it, broke it into pieces, and handed it to his disciples. He told them, 'Take this and eat it, this is my body.'
Jesus turned a simple meal into the most meaningful moment in history.
📚 Historical Context
This event takes place during the Last Supper, a Passover meal that Jesus shared with his disciples in Jerusalem just before his betrayal and arrest. In Jewish tradition, Passover commemorated God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, involving rituals like eating bread and lamb. Jesus used this familiar setting to introduce a new meaning, linking the bread to his own body as a symbol of the coming sacrifice for humanity's sins.
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