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Jesus did not say, "you are the bread of life." Instead, He said He was the bread of life.John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.John 6:48I am that bread of life.John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Bread is said to be the staff of life, Christ words are also refered to as being the staff of life. He used bread as a symbolic term to mean that as bread sustains life so will His words.
Jesus called himself the Bread of Life to illustrate his role as the source of spiritual nourishment for believers. Just as bread sustains physical life, Jesus provides sustenance for the soul through his teachings and his sacrificial death. By calling himself the Bread of Life, Jesus emphasized the need for people to partake of him in faith in order to experience true spiritual fulfillment and eternal life.
Bread was the staple food (that sustained life) in biblical times. Jesus said in John 6:35 "I am the bread of life, ..............those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty. "I am the bread of life..." Jesus called himself the bread of life because through Him people can have life. Those who come to Him find enough in Him to satisfy their spiritual hunger forever. Those who believe on Him find their thirst forever quenched.
In the King James versionthe phrase - bread of life - appears twice.Joh 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.Joh 6:48 I am that bread of life.
The last meal Jesus spent with his Apostles is called the Last Supper, consisting of only bread and wine. Jesus said a blessing, saying that the bread was the bread of life, and the wine was Jesus' blood. If you go to a Catholic mass, there will be something called a communion, where you take the blessed bread and wine and drink it.
Jesus said bread was his body and wine was his blood so there you go.
The Eucharist bread is the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, Our Lord. The Passover bread is what the Church refers to as a sign of the Eucharist, in other words, the Eucharist was prefigured in the Passover bread. As Our Blessed Lord, Himself, tells us in His Bread of Life discourse in the sixth chapter of St. John's Gospel:John 6:32-38Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world." They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
Yes manna is definitely spiritual, i can confidently say yes because Jesus likened manna to he being the bread of life. "I am the bread of life," Jesus said to the Jews. "Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness and yet died. . . . I am the living bread that came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live forever . . . The bread that I shall give is my flesh in behalf of the life of the world." (John 6:48-51) Literal bread or manna did not and cannot give everlasting life. But those who exercise faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice will eventually enjoy the blessing of everlasting life.---Matthew 20:28.
Jesus broke some bread and said to the disciples this is my body and then he got some wine and said drink this, this is my blood.
At the Last Supper, Jesus said that the bread represents his body and the wine represents his blood, which would be given for the forgiveness of sins.
Yes there was bread and wine in the New Testament. In Luke 22:-17-19 Jesus said the wine is my blood and the bread was his body. ;~)