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George Bounacos

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The different versions indicate a degree of fluidity in how the Last Supper was remembered and celebrated. What they all have in common, however, is an emphasis on body and blood, bread and wine. Whatever connections Mark intended from the loaves-and-fishes meal to this bread-and-wine meal, there was nothing in that earlier meal that spoke of body-and-blood symbolism. What, then, is Mark adding here that was not present before?
The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
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