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Interesting.
Then, the following Bible and Linguistics Lesson should just be nothing more than stuff you ALREADY know . . .
As for your question - here is what it means:
This is my body
τοῦτο ἐστιν τὸ σῶμ
This, these (τοῦτο )
Is, to be, to exist (ἐστιν)
My, this, that, these (τὸ)
Body both of men or animals (σῶμ)
In John 6, Jesus stated in NO uncertain terms: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.”
Interestingly enough - the usual Greek word used for human eating is “phagon”. However, this is not the word used in these passages. John uses the word, “trogon”, which means, to munch or to gnaw - like an animal rips apart his food. Jesus was again using hyperbole as he often did to drive his point across so that the crowd would understand that he was NOT speaking metaphorically. He meant what he said.
Them's the Greek facts . . .
Just as the Passover Lamb was to be eaten, it is also true for the Lamb of God.
How come that the wafer tastes like a wafer and not flesh if what you say is true?