unfoldingWord_en_tn/mrk/14/22.md

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bread

This was a flat loaf of unleavened bread, which was eaten as part of the Passover meal.

broke it

This means that he broke the bread into pieces for the people to eat. Alternate translation: "broke it into pieces" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

Take this. This is my body

"Take this bread. It is my body." Though most understand this to mean that the bread is a symbol of Jesus' body and that it is not actual flesh, it is best to translate this statement literally. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)