known his real purpose in coming to earth, he called himself bread. He would give himself for the life of the world (John 6:51). At that point the Savior had not yet instituted the Lord’s Supper, so we need not always think of that in this context. To eat the flesh of the Lord and to drink his blood means to believe in him and thereby to have eternal life (John 6:53). Even if the Lord’s Supper did not exist, we can answer the question about what it means to eat the crucified body of Christ and to