Nine entirely scripturally separate avenues exist to arrive at the audience being all believers in all time for the supper in John chapters 13 to 17 are enumerated below.
Lord Jesus exposits to His disciples about the destruction of the wicked as well as the Lord's salvation of the Lord's chosen persons (Mark 13:3-37). During this exposition, He says something powerful with "What I say to you I say to all" (Mark 13:37). Lord Jesus explains His deliverance of His own (John 10:27-30) which is a blessed gift of God!
When at various times the Lord Jesus reveals His gifts to His disciples, then He is speaking to all His disciples in all time for He says "What I say to you I say to all, be on the alert!" (Mark 13:37).
Clearly, Lord Jesus is commanding something along the lines that His disciples not be slack about abiding His words; allthemore, His words says it best and most clearly with "What I say to you I say to all. Stay awake!" (Mark 13:37).
Let's look at this wonderful saying of Jesus Christ's some more:
Lord Jesus explained "if they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you" (John 15:20) in the very next verse after John 15:19, so Jesus includes the context of the manner that the world persecutes us Christians because the Christ of us Christians says "you".Lord Jesus also explained "you will be hated by all because of My name" Mark 13:13, so, again, Jesus includes the context of the manner that the world persecutes us Christians because the Christ of us Christians says "you".
The Christ's words recorded in John 15:20 and Mark 13:13 establish a contextual link between John chapter 15 and Mark chapter 13.
As a result, since Jesus says "What I say to you I say to all" (Mark 13:37) to "Peter and James and John and Andrew" in private (Mark 13:3), then Christ's words, His blessings, associated with "you" are for all the Assembly of God in all time.
Therefore, Christ includes the "you" in "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16 and "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) to be for all the children of God in all time.
The English words "be on the alert" translate from the Greek word γρηγορεῖτε meaning literally "stay awake" with a figurative meaning of be vigilant, responsible, and watchful according to Helps Word Studies on Strong's Greek 1127 γρηγορεύω (grégoreó) to be awake, to watch).This means that Lord Jesus' words can be translated as "What I say to you I say to all. Stay awake!" or "What I say to you I say to all: watch.".
This means that the Apostle Paul's words of "knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed" (Romans 13:11. Let us hear the Master declare that it is the work of God that we believers believe in Jesus whom the Father has sent (John 6:29).
Paul referred to the relationship between salvation and "stay awake".
Both "salvation" and "saved" are the same thing.
So, in a way, Paul related back to Jesus' words in Mark 13:37.
In the Mark passage where Jesus says "What I say to you I say to all, stay awake" (Mark 13:37), He speaks of the tribulation.Speaking of the tribulation, Jesus says "Unless the Lord had shortened [those] days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days" (Mark 13:20).
The noun "elect" is a synonym for the noun "chosen", so Jesus unmistakably talks of people being chosen by God for salvation away from the wrath of God with these words of His!
Jesus often says things like "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (Mark 4:9). The account of Jesus powerfully opening the ears of the deaf:32 They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to lay His hand on him.Jesus illustrates the Spiritual opening of the ears by way of opening the ears physically.
33 Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue [with the saliva];
34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he [began] speaking plainly.
(Mark 7:32-35, see also Luke 8:8)So, the person who Jesus opens the ear to hear will hear Him command "be on the alert", "stay awake", and "watch" (Mark 13:37).
Even deeper, a person must be alive in Christ to hear Christ Jesus. The dead of the world must be made alive in Christ in order to be in Christ (Romans 6:11), and when a person is alive in Christ such a person hears Christ by Christ's power. The acount of Jesus' impact on the dead man and his widowed mother in the city called Nain is as follows:
11 Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.The Apostle Paul wrote:
12 Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
13 When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
14 And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"
15 The dead man sat up and began to speak. And [Jesus] gave him back to his mother.
(Luke 7:11-15)1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,When Paul wrote that it is God that makes us alive in Christ Jesus ("made us alive together with Christ" and "seated us with Him in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus"), then Paul defered back to Jesus Christ (such as Luke 7:11-15).
2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:1-10)When Paul wrote of faith (a synonym of belief) "by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast", then Paul defered back to Jesus Christ (John 6:29).
To His disciples, Jesus says "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [it is] in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND" (Luke 8:10 - note the relationship to Luke 8:8 mentioned above).God is the Grantor for Jesus' disciples to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
Greatly rejoicing in the Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus says "I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight" (Luke 10:21).
God hides things from some people, yet God reveals things to other people. The hiding and revealing exposes the reality of God's choice (elect persons, chosen persons). God concealing and revealing is well-pleasing to God!
The bottom line is that when Lord Jesus speaks of His blessed gifts, then His use of "you" to His disciples means that He says "you" to all His disciples in all time:
- for the Word of God says "What I say to you I say to all" (Mark 13:37)!
- for the Word of God says "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16.
- God says that God is not chosen by man.
- God says God chooses man.
- Chosen by God for inclusion as branches of the Vine (John 15:1-8).
- Chosen by God as friends of Friend Jesus (John 15:9-15).
- Chosen by God for appointment unto the blessed works of God (John 15:16, John 3:21, John 15:5).
- Chosen by God for faith/belief (John 6:29, John 15:5).
- for the Word of God says "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19)! He saves ("chose") from the wrath of God ("out of the world"). Chosen by God for salvation!
EXHIBIT 1:
Luke discloses that there were more than twelve disciples at the time that Jesus named as apostles.
"And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:" (Luke 6:13)
EXHIBIT 2:
This passage establishes Jesus' "disciples" present from the beginning of the supper for John chapters 13-17, this says "disciples" not "apostles":
"Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded." (John 13:5)
EXHIBIT 3:
There is record of a single person leaving the supper prior to the supper's conclusion, and that person is Judas Iscariot in the John 13:21-30 passage.
EXHIBIT 4:
Jesus says "but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here" (John 14:31).
After that, Jesus with the disciples may have been in the room where they had supper during the words of Jesus recorded in chapters 15 to 17 OR preparing to leave the room OR departing the room OR outside the room OR some combination of these - the Apostle John did not record that specifically. The way that John presents Jesus' discourse is that Jesus continued one way or the other at that time. John's manner presented Jesus' discourse as one contiguous discourse; in other words, the way that John presents Jesus' discourse is that Jesus continued one way or the other at that time. EXHIBIT 5 bears the appearance that they remained in the room.
EXHIBIT 5:
At the supper's conclusion, the next indication of movement of Jesus and the disciples is when Jesus and His disciples went forth over the ravine of the Kidron.
"When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples." (John 18:1)
The chronology of these events is very important and crucial. The exhibits are provided in chronological order.
After EXHIBIT 3 (Judas departed) and before EXHIBIT 5 (supper concludes) the promises of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17, John 14:26, John 15:26-27, John 16:7-14) and Jesus declaring God exclusively chooses men not men choosing God (John 15:16, John 15:19) occurs.
Lord Jesus said "you" in John 14:16-17 (as well as every one of the listed references to the promise of the Holy Spirit) and He said "you" in John 15:16 as recorded by the Apostle John.
The word "you" that Jesus uses throughout the supper is powerfully important!
Lord Jesus said "Get up, let us go from here" (John 14:31) during the supper recorded in John chapters 13-17, the very next verse continues the discourse unabated with "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser" (John 15:1).
There is no indication of movement of Jesus and the disciples until "When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples" (John 18:1) which is after John chapters 13-17.
It could be asserted that John chapters 13-14 are the supper proper discourse while this discourse flowed into after supper discourse recorded in John chapters 15-17, yet John chapters 15-17 cannot be disassociated from the supper room because John did not record movement until John 18:1.
It could be asserted that John chapters 13-17 are the supper proper which includes Jesus concluding the supper with John chapters 15-17.
The supper activities include the discourse of John chapters 13-17.
The disciples specifically identified Matthias and Joseph as two men who "accompanied us all the time" - see that it is all the time they were with Jesus as described here:
"'Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us - beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us - one of these [must] become a witness with us of His resurrection.' So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias." (Acts 1:21-23)
In the upper room occupied by Jesus' disciples who put forward Matthias and Joseph were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James (Acts 1:13), and these disciples recognized Matthias and Joseph as disciples that were with them from the beginning, and not a single disciple contradicted Peter's prounouncement of "men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us - beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us".
Joanna, Susanna, Salome, Mary, and Cleopas and his traveling companion to Emmaus - every one of these individuals are mentioned in close temporal proximity to the time of supper in John chapters 13-17. These names of disciples are close enough in time to potentially be included as the "disciples" mentioned by John in EXHIBIT 1 and EXHIBIT 5.
Thus, Matthias and Joseph are at least two more people beyond the twelve who are specifically identified at the supper covered in John chapters 13-17.
Lord Jesus says "It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl" (Mark 14:19) about the apostle who betrayed Him.
The Master Orator cleverly exposes that the audience for the supper exceeds the 12 apostles by explicitly stating "the twelve" instead of "you".
Master Jesus used the phrase "the twelve" to distinguish that the betrayer was in the group of disciples called apostles which, by such way of expression by Jesus, the rest of the disciples present in the supper room would know that they are not the betrayer that Jesus was identifying.
Lord Jesus expressed that more than 12 disciples attended the supper when He exposed that the betrayer was not only from the set of all disciples but even more narrowly that the betrayer was numbered from among "the twelve" - the 12 disciples He called apostles.
In John chapter 14, John chapter 15, and John chapter 16 Jesus explicitly promises the Holy Spirit. For example, He said "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17).
When the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples of Jesus at Pentecost, there were about 120 persons present according to the next two sets of passages:
"Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. At this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said" (Acts 1:12-15)
"When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance." (Acts 2:1-4)
One hundred twenty people is more than eleven Apostles; therefore, the Lord Jesus was talking to all His disciples of all time when Jesus said "you" with reference to the indwelling Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17) and He said "you" with reference to God's exclusive ability to choose men and men's inability to choose God (John 15:16) as recorded by the Apostle John.
Cornelius is of crucial import to this topic for among the places that we find fulfillment of the Word of God's promise of the Holy Spirit is when Gentiles at Cornelius' place were filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:44).
At a time after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), Peter recounted to the apostles and brethren about the Gentiles Cornelius with his relatives and his close friends, and the account Peter shared of the Gentiles receiving the Holy Spirit with being saved illuminated that not just Jews would be saved but also Gentiles would be saved (Acts 11:1-18).
At that time, Peter said to the apostles and brethren "And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit'" (Acts 11:16).
Prior to the time of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), Lord Jesus said "John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 1:5) to the apostles whom Jesus gathered togather (Acts 1:4) which included Peter, and Jesus says "you" right here - with the apostles present right there, Jesus says "you".
Later after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), Peter remembered Lord Jesus saying "you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit" and there is the word "you" (Acts 11:16) which Peter tied to the Gentiles Cornelius with all his household (Acts 11:14); furthermore, Peter tied when Lord Jesus says "you" to all believers in all time (Acts 11:17)!
Thus, the fulfillment of the Word of God's promise of the Holy Spirit is more than the 11 Apostles, and includes not just the Jews but also the Gentiles because of Cornelius, and our Lord Jesus saying "you" to the disciples includes all disciples in all time.
Both the promise of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17, John 14:26, John 15:26-27, John 16:7-14) as well as God's exclusive role in choosing man (John 15:16) occur in the self-same supper recorded in John chapters 13 - 17.
Peter [said] to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." (Acts 2:38-39, see also Repentance Properly Defined)
Part of the prayer of Lord Jesus during the supper is thus "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word" (John 17:20).
Jesus said "through their word" (John 17:20) which means that "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) are words that the Apostle John recorded. John recorded the Word of God, and the Word of God says "for those also who believe in Me through their word" (John 17:20), and He preceded these words with "I do not ask on behalf of these alone" (John 17:20), so the Word of God during the supper is not just for the people in the room, but the Word of God during the supper is for all believers in all time.
In another part of the prayer, Jesus, Lord and God (John 20:28), says "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours" (John 17:9).
Jesus said "I do not ask on behalf of the world" (John 17:9), so Jesus uses "the world" to mean different things. Such a difference exists in His use of "the world" in (John 17:9) compared to His use of "the world" in (John 3:16).
Thus, belief in Jesus through the Apostle John's words includes the Lord Jesus' words in John 15:16 and John 15:19 which are all part of the "through" John's "word" (John 17:20) which Jesus referred to in His prayer.
The Apostle John wrote "these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name" (John 20:31).
Among the writings of John includes the statements of Jesus "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) and "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19). These sayings of Jesus Christ, Lord and God (John 20:28), are part and parcel of the exclusive attribute of Jesus with respect to choice in the salvation of all His sheep in all time.
John's writings are for us believers to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing we have life in His Name; therefore, belief in Jesus about whom John wrote includes the exclusive centrality of choice reserved to Jesus by Jesus through Jesus in the salvation of all His sheep in all time.
Jesus employs the constrained form of "you" in the question "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?" (John 6:70).
In John 6:70, "the twelve" constrains the audience for the first occurrence of the word "you".
Nowhere during the supper recorded in John chapters 13 to 17 does Jesus constrain the word "you" with something like "the twelve" similar to when Jesus was not at the supper saying "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?" (John 6:70); therefore, Jesus uses the unconstrained form of "you" during the supper recorded in John chapters 13 to 17.
Since Judas had departed (John 13:21-30) from the supper by the time Jesus says "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19, includes salvation), then Jesus uses the unconstrained "you" to include all Christ's disciples in all time.
As with "you" and "the twelve", Jesus didn't say "the eleven" during the supper.
The Master Orator Jesus Christ utilizes the unconstrained form of the word "you" during the supper recorded in John chapters 13 to 17 thus He includes all His disciples in all time because of His use of the word "you" with His sayings of "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19, includes salvation).
Written of Jesus Christ is "And when He had taken [some] bread [and] given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me'" (Luke 22:19).
This event where Lord Jesus says "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19) is during the self-same supper encounter described by the Apostle John in chapters 13 - 17
Jesus says "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves" (John 6:53). Thus, Life requires eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Lord Jesus Christ. We know that the Corinthians did this after Jesus' ascension because the Apostle Paul wrote to the assembly at Corinth about the communion in eating Christ's flesh and drinking Christ's blood (1 Corinthians 11:23-34).
All of these "you" occurrences derive from the same supper:
The Apostle Matthew recorded the command of Jesus Christ, the Word of God (John 1:14), for all His sheep (John 10:27-30) with His words of "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:19-20) and Mark recorded "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation" (Mark 16:15). This teaching, this proclamation includes the exclusive role of God choosing man not man choosing God (John 15:16, John 15:19) for these words are a statement of the sovereignty of God according to Jesus Christ, Lord and God (John 20:28).
One of the teachings, one of the commands of Jesus is for we sheep of His to be entirely dependent on Jesus alone for salvation! We are to go and teach and proclaim this Truth (John 14:6).
Since Jesus says "lo, I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20) in conjunction with His words of "go" (Matthew 28:19) and "proclaim" (Mark 16:15) and "immersing" (Matthew 28:19 - "baptizing") and "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18), then Jesus is the authoritatively sovereign One Who causes we believers to be at locations where He causes wickedly dead persons to live (John 3:3-8) and repent (Matthew 11:25) and believe in Him (John 6:29) thus causing persons to be saved from the wrath of God (John 10:27-29); furthermore, mere man causes NONE of it (John 15:16, Philippians 2:13).
Based on the above stated facts, as an independent first aveneue revealing that when Lord jesus says "you" to His disciples about God's gracious gifts to the Lord's own, then we see that Lord Jesus makes it abundantly clear that His use of "you" means all believers in all time for He says "What I say to you I say to all" (Mark 13:37), so the Word of God, Lord Jesus "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) is binding upon all believers in all time.
Behold as an independent second aveneue, the Apostles were not the only disciples in the supper room, so the Word of God, Lord Jesus "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) is binding upon all believers in all time.
Delving into another proof as an independent third aveneue, evidence exists that Jesus indicates that disciples beyond the 12 were in the supper room, so Jesus chooses His followers not His followers choosing Him (John 15:16).
As an independent fourth aveneue, just as the promise of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17) is binding upon all believers in all time also binding are the Word of God, Lord Jesus "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) (and see the CRUCIAL POINT above).
Furthermore, as an independent fifth aveneue, since Lord Jesus said "through their word" (John 17:20) with "their word" including John's messages a.k.a. the Book of John a.k.a. the Good Message of John a.k.a. the Gospel of John a.k.a. the supper recorded in John chapters thirteen to seventeen a.k.a. the word of John, this also makes "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) binding on all believers in all time.
As an independent sixth aveneue, Jesus employed an open sentence when He spoke the words "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) and "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) resulting in the inclusion of all believers in all time being subject to His sovereign control of man's salvation. He did not use a closed sentence such as "you apostles" rather He used an open sentence with "you".
Moreover, John's writings as an independent seventh aveneue express Jesus' inherent quality of choice reserved to Jesus alone in Jesus by Jesus through Jesus in the salvation of all His sheep in all time (John 4:6-42 [Living Water], John 6:35-40 [Bread of Life], John 7:37-39 [Living Water], John 15:13-19 [die for friends and God chooses exclusively], John 6:29 [God defines faith/belief in we believers as the work of God], John 3:21 [God wrings fruit in we believers], John 3:3-8 [God births we believers], John 6:44 [God draws the people of God and we people of God come to God], John 12:32 [God draws the people of God], John 20:28 [Jesus is God]).
Behold as an independent eighth aveneue that Jesus Christ used the unconstrained form of the word "you" throughout the supper recorded in John chapters 13 to 17, including John 15:16 and John 15:19, as opposed to the constrained form of the word "you" that He associated with "the twelve" in John 6:70, so the "you" in John 15:16 and John 15:19 include all His disciples in all time.
Even as an independent nineth aveneue, Jesus clearly illustrates that He says "you" for the recipients of His blessed Gifts which He delivers to His own people (John 10:27-30). He illustrates this during the supper recorded in John chapters 13 to 17 and Luke chapter 22; therefore, His words of "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me" (Luke 22:19) and His words of "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) and His words of "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19) include all His chosen persons regardless of when such persons are born.
Additionally, Lord Jesus' command for we believers to go and teach and proclaim as an independent tenth aveneue includes revealing the salvation of the Lord is of and by and through the Lord Jesus Christ exclusively (John 15:13-19, Matthew 19:25-26, and Exodus 14:13-18 as instruction from the Old Testament).
The food about eternal life at the supper are for all Jesus Christ's disciples in all time. His body the bread. His blood the wine. His words eternal life.