sure...yes good stuff to know...John of course being the most “spiritual” of the gospelsnot just recording journal entries of “and then He said...and went...” actually John is at times very different from the others...it is ONLY in John 6 the teaching establishing the most significant miracle of the Church occurs...the alleged bread into flesh...only John records the “Bread of Life” discourse yet ironically completely leaves it out at the Last supper scene...
so he completely ignores the initial and founding application of the John 6 teaching that bread turns into flesh and only at the last supper... odd that...
The other 3 gospels record His saying “this is my body” but not the most spiritual of authors John...he even makes it clear this whole supper is NOT even the passover...
Might I recommend
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/ha...MIr8jL0Lr-2AIVgoWzCh1y2Ac0EAQYAiABEgK9g_D_BwE
for those hungry for the Word and not the flesh...it is a good tool that lays out the 4 gospels in chronological order side by side with which gospel says what on that point...the column of John is quite silent for many pages...but comes back strong in the end
Matthew you say? He inspired my rewrite of my invitation to appease the nasty killjoys...
Matt 21:43 repeats the teaching of the Israelites entering a promised land others prepared for them to eat from vineyards they did not plant...Matt records Yahushua saying “Therefore I say to you the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it”...hmmmm what fruits might that be? More like His and not of the world? Paul says later these branches are chopped off and we replaced them...probably cuz we are baring fruit MORE like Him than less like them...
Well this naturally triggered the chief priests and pharisees to “Oy Wey!!” all over themselves and they wanted to arrest Him but it was too late He was a sensation...
Probably because of parables like the following that appealed to them who were tired of the elitist priviledged rich...
Only Matthew records this parable where the kingdom of heaven is like a King who prepared a wedding banquet but the usual VIP invited refused to go...king tried again...they were too busy to care growing and making money and were so annoyed they actually KILL the messengers inviting them to come...Hmmm...that does sound familiar...well this enraged the King and he went and destroyed their city...about AD 70...LOL...
Then the King still wishing to party actually changes His mind on that initial VIP list commenting “those I invited did not deserve to come” OUCH...and sends his servents to get ANYONE...good or bad...wow...and so the wedding hall was filled...
But WAIT!! there was one that had refused to wear wedding clothes...so they killed him...many are indeed invited only those who clean their act up are chosen...
But seriously...that dude was rude...being invited and joining the party and making no effort to fit in?
Maybe he thought the house rules were abolished...or changed...or he could choose which ones to keep...LOL
probably muttering something like “these people shouldnt be here so why should I dress up? Not for them? Not for the king either...I WANNA WEAR WHATEVER I WANT!” so nasty morphs into abomination...
So that’s Matthew...what did you want me to read while on the way to His party Matt says I am invited to?