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The ‘ flesh ‘that wise men consume is that of the Spirit.
As the Spirit said
‘I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died. This s the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh’