Matthew 26:26

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

of His own, created things-not as if He stood in need of them, but that they might be themselves neither unfruitful nor ungrateful-He took that created thing, bread, and gave thanks, and said, "This is My body."[233]

Tertullian On Prayer

, too, that His body is reckoned in bread: "This is my body."[42]