You are to prove all things by Him & His words as kept in the KJV and the writings of Ignatius of Antioch runs contrary to scripture which is why it is not considered scripture.
First of all - the KJV is NOT the only reliable translation of Scripture - so get over it..
Secondly - I only showed the writings of Ignatius to show the continuity of the beliefs and teachings of the Early Church.
Ignatius, a student of the
Apostle John, wrote these things while John was presumably
STILL ALIVE.
Jesus said that to the Pharisees whom were STILL refusing to believe Jesus in how to actually receive the bread of life which was by believing in Him, and so sarcasm was coming their way.
John 6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.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.36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
Jesus was talking about salvation; not communion. If you say that He was, then according to John 6:35, He says you only need to take communion once for you will never hunger nor thirst for it again, and so communion was not what He was talking about in that chapter at all.
HUH??
Jesus
wasn't speaking to the
Pharisees in J
ohn 6. He was talking to his
FOLLOWERS.
Your
second comment in
RED is
equally wrong.
Jesus was talking about the fact that they had to
EAT His
Flesh and
DRINK His
Blood. John doesn't use the normal word for
human eating here
(Phagon) - but the word for the way an
animal rips apart his food
(Trogon). Just as the
Jews had to devour their
Paschal lamb - we
Christians must consume
OUR Paschal Lamb - just as He commanded.
At the
Last Supper, Jesus prescribed to the Apostles
HOW to achieve this.
The
ardent belief in the Eucharist garnered the Early Christians the taunt of
"Cannibals" by the Romans.
Finally - Jesus was talking about communion
AND salvation.