The Blood of the Covenant Is Poured Out for Many for the Forgiveness of Sins

Everything Jesus says and does here has to be read in the backdrop of the Exodus. He's identifying himself with the sacrificial lamb by describing the bread as his body. But then we go on and we read, he took a cup. And when he gave thanks in the Greek word, there is where we get the word Eucharist,. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.