. . . "By the blood of the New Covenant or Testament, nothing else is signified but the Word, which is called Covenant and Testament, Old and New, thus the Divine truth therein. [3] As this is signified by blood, therefore the Lord gave them the wine, saying, This is my blood; and wine signifies the Divine truth (n. 316); it is also on this account called the blood of grapes\" (Gen. 49:11; De" . .