126. Then, after calling on us to take notice that
He speaks as Son of Man, and frequent repeated mention of His Flesh and
His Blood, He adds: “Even as the living Father hath sent
Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, he also liveth by
Me.” How then do they suppose that we are to understand
these words?—for the comparison can be shown as a double
one. The first comparison being after the following manner:
“Even as the living Father hath sent Me, I live by the
Father;” the second: “Even as the living Father hath
sent Me, and I live by the Father, so also he that eateth Me, he too
liveth by Me.”