Describing Jesus ’ activity only hours before his execution, one of his apostles wrote: “Jesus, having loved his own [that is, members of his figurative body]..., loved them to the end. ”
באהבתו את השייכים לו [איברי גופו הסמלי]... אהב אותם עד תום ” (‏ יוחנן י ” ג: 1‏).