Footnote

a A footnote on Matthew 26:26 in The New Testament by Geo. W. Clark and J. M. Pendleton, first published in 1884 and reprinted in 1947 by The Judson Press, says: “26. This is my body: not literally, for Christ was present in his body, and the broken bread was visibly not a part of it. The meaning is, This represents my body. So Jesus calls himself a door (John 10:9), a vine (John 15:1), a star (Rev. 22:16). So Paul says, ‘that rock was Christ’ (1 Cor. 10:4); ‘Agar is Mount Sinai’ (Gal. 4:25). Such emblematic expressions are common in all languages, and are easily understood.”