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The blessing of the bread and the wine is an ancient Jewish tradition which commemorates the [[Sabbath]] and other holy days. It is a ritual which can be traced back even to Melchizedek who “brought forth bread and wine” when he blessed Abraham.<ref>Gen. 14:18–20.</ref> On Friday evenings, the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath, a ceremonial blessing is first pronounced over the wine and then over two loaves of bread, which symbolize the double portion of manna that fell in the desert on the sixth day.<ref>Exod. 16:14–35.</ref> | The blessing of the bread and the wine is an ancient Jewish tradition which commemorates the [[Sabbath]] and other holy days. It is a ritual which can be traced back even to Melchizedek who “brought forth bread and wine” when he blessed Abraham.<ref>Gen. 14:18–20.</ref> On Friday evenings, the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath, a ceremonial blessing is first pronounced over the wine and then over two loaves of bread, which symbolize the double portion of manna that fell in the desert on the sixth day.<ref>Exod. 16:14–35.</ref> | ||
At the Last Supper, Jesus | At the Last Supper, Jesus | ||
As recorded in John 6, Jesus had also earlier admonished: | <blockquote>... took bread and when he had given thanks, he brake it and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”<ref>I Cor. 11:23–25.</ref></blockquote> | ||
As recorded in John 6, Jesus had also earlier admonished: | |||
<blockquote>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I 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.... Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life....</blockquote> | |||
== Spiritual significance == | == Spiritual significance == | ||