>> “Unless, of course, he said something different.” <<
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He said when asked for clarification “it is spirit.”
Take, eat, do this in memory of me is a symbol. Don’t tie your tongue in knots to mock our savior.
No knots here. The statement is quite straightforward and did not have to be explained to the disciples afterward. Are you a literalist? Is the Bible Literally True? or is it all metaphor and moral fables to be reinterpreted as convenient to suit the times and particular preachers?
didn't pay attention in fourth grade when they taught you to diagram a sentence, did you???
imperative sentence....take, eat, and do this