“Eat my flesh and drink my blood” doesn’t mean what you think it means | John 6 and the Eucharist

ABSTRACT: One of the passages mostly commonly appealed to by proponents of the Real Presence understanding of the Eucharist is John 6:53–58. There Jesus says that one must "eat his flesh" and "drink his blood" in order to have life. In this video, I argue that the Real Presence understanding of the Eucharist actually cannot make sense of this text. The Memorialist alternative is better and more contextually supported.

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Dr. Steven Nemes has a BA in Philosophy from Arizona State University with a minor in Religious Studies (2013), and an MDiv and PhD in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary (2016, 2021). The author of a number of articles, chapters, and books on diverse subjects in theology and philosophy, he teaches Latin at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona.