Getting started with James Tabor…

John: (WEB)6. 48. I am the bread of life. 49. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
51. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52. The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53. Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
54. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
57. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
58. This is the bread which came down out of heaven–not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59. He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60. Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
61. But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
62. Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
63. It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
64. But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.
65. He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”
66. At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”
68. Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
70. Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

#With the above passage, other Gospel and Paul’s epistle accounts on the Last Supper could be ratified or confirmed.

Love & Cares!

We believers know that Josh fulfills ALL things honorable, just, Torah, etc. Being He is a male (human or animal) and the firstborn of His mother, He HAS holiness unlike those born subsequent (like His brother Jim/Jake, others, etc.). Just like Josh celebrates Chanukkah, He is fasting along with other pious firstborn male Jews on the day prior to preparation for the/His Pesach. His final supper, prior to man’s redemption, is the breaking of Ta’anit B’khorot (Fast of the Firstborn). It is forbidden to eat of the kosher Seder matzot prior to its prescribed evening. However, either the last of yeast-bread is still available prior to its temporary ban, or old flour common matzot.

Although I do like the Tuesday evening “last supper” scenario, it allows for far more than the seeming 72 hours necessary to validate Josh’s Messiahship in accordance with Jonah’s time spent inside the big sushi. It isn’t necessary and presents other problems like having way enough extra time to baptize and spice His corpse (anything over about 60 hours, say 63 hours, commencing at 3 o’clock PM Thursday, accounts for a sufficient number of days and nights).

After claiming that He will rebuild the temple (a final one?); in just 3 days after Rabbinic Judaism destroys it; and that His people are equivalent to temple stones, Josh sweeps the riff raff from the 2nd temple–it being a house of prayer for The Nations.
After dusk on our Wednesday, Josh likely sups with His inner circle, they retire to the site of the olive press where He is betrayed with a kiss and tried-in-mute.
His saving-blood is (without their comprehension) imputed on an accepting crowd and their children–this is the day of salvation and not condemnation, He willingly submitts to being hanged at a Roman pole execution (both Josh and the Torah–IN 3 LANGUAGES).
Josh complains to His Father about the early taking of His life and His incorruptible blood (incapable of staining) is poured out clear like water–The Holy Bleach.
His body spends the rest of Erev Pesach (on our Thursday this year), Pesach (on our Friday this year), Shabbat (Saturday), and predawn Rishon (Sunday) in the grave, and then “raises-up Himself” (The Living Torah) BEFORE the dawn (albeit with scars).
His grave clothes are unstained (and found folded up) as Josh’s body undergoes no corruption whatsoever.
Now this, His year, by the Hebrew calendar is 3786–the year of Elohim with us. 86 was the year sin was stricken from man. It seems to me that this corresponds to about 30 CE, or so.
Oh, and recall there are 153 fishes caught from the right side of the vessel without tearing the net!