Eating Flesh and Drinking Blood

John 6:48-58 contains some of the most surprising, shocking, and, to some, offensive words Jesus ever spoke. As a result, many of those who were following him at the time left him. Early Christians were considered by some to be cannibals because of them. The Eucharist (Lord's Supper) is believed by some to transmute to the actual flesh and blood of Christ as a result of them. What's it all about? Let's study and find out. Works CitedEugeneCarpenter, Exodus, vol. 1, Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016), 282. John D. Hannah, “Exodus,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 114. James Swanson, Dictionary ofBiblical Languages with Semantic Domains : Hebrew (Old Testament)(Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).