|For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
|For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
|Because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.
|Because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.
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|This is one of the first direct indications from Jesus that the law was actually about believing in Jesus. All the dietary commands were actually about believing in and residing in Jesus: He is real food and drink. This statement forms the foundation for many of Paul's explanations about the law, summed up in Colossians 2:16-17 - the law was a shadow, Jesus is the reality.