And he said unto them,
This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
He blessed wine, saying: “Take, drink, this is my blood.” He used the “blood of the vine” as a figure of the Word who “was shed for us for the remission of sins,” a stream of gladness.