During Jesus' early Seder with His disciples, He broke the Afikomen and gave each one present a piece. "And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me'" (Matt 26:26).
Jesus had told His disciples "ani hu lechem ha-chayim" - that He was the Bread of Life (John 6:48).
He also had told them:
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh" (John 6:51).
We hold the unleavened bread and consider its purity (leaven is a symbol of sin, and Yeshua was sinless). We look at the stripes and pierced holes in it. We remember that Jesus was without sin, striped by the Roman's whip and pierced by nails and the soldier's spear.
The Afikomen memorializes Jesus' sacrifice of atonement for our sins so that we might have peace with God. When we eat of the broken matzah, we remember that He allowed His body to be broken as our sacrifice for sin, and we thank God for that He was willing to be the Lamb of God who came to bear the sins of the world.
We will add the additional blessing, thanking the LORD God of Israel for providing us with the true Bread (lechem emet) from Heaven, His beloved Son:
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