Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with communion and healing as we pick up in Matthew chapter 20 verse 19 and now with today's message

here's pastor chuck what did jesus mean when he broke the bread and said this is my body

broken for you he is talking about no doubt the scourging that he was going to receive

because it could not be that any of his bones should be broken.

First of all, because the sacrifice that was offered to God

could not have any blemish, any broken bones.

Secondly, the prophecy of Psalm declared not a bone of him shall be broken.

Therefore, he could not have any broken bones.

Therefore, when he said, this is my body broken for you,

he could not refer to some bones being broken.

But his body was broken open by this scourging that he received.

Now, according to the historians, this scourging was such a awful taxing thing upon the person that many people never made it to the

cross. There were many who died right there as the result of the scourging itself. Many of them

bled to death.

Jesus was no doubt very weakened by it, for they needed someone to help him bear the cross.

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