John 6:48
46 not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am the bread of life.
- KJV
- I am that bread of life.
- WEB
- I am the bread of life.
- ASV
- I am the bread of life.
- DARBY
- I am the bread of life.
- BLB
- I am the bread of life.
- ÅB
- Jeg er livsens brød.
- OTB
- Jeg er livets brød.
- B1930
- Jeg er livsens brød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:24–25
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.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:16–17
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
Read in contextJohn 6:41
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
Read in contextJohn 6:33–35
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
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