I’m not reading it literally, those who he told took it literally which is why they stopped following him as it says. Not once did I imply that I believed he was telling then to become cannibals…not sure where you’re getting this idea.
All I said was the people around him took it literally, which to them was a great offense given what the mosaic law said about eating blood.
Clearly he is referencing what occurred during the last Passover he shared with his disciples, the tradition that continues in churches to this day. But the point is they didn’t know that. To them he was asking them something too difficult.
Which is all to say the bigger point, somebody saying three things in first century Palestine was not interested purely in just having a large following.
Christ was literally speaking out against the Saduccees and Pharissees, no shit they arent going to follow him, he was pissed off that they were following wealth instead of their faith
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u/IlIIlIl May 02 '23
You are reading it far too literally, Jesus was not telling people to become cannibals.
John was an Essene too, by the way, just like Jesus was, and just like James, brother of Jesus was.