John 6:53

The Lord's Supper Jesus Christ Eternal life

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.”

⁵² At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

⁵⁴ Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵ For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
KJV: Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
WEB: Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
ASV: Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.
DARBY: Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
BLB: Therefore Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you⁺, unless you⁺ shall eat the flesh of the Son of Man and shall drink His blood, you⁺ do not have life in yourselves.

ÅB: Jesus sa da til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Dersom dere ikke spiser Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, har dere ikke liv i dere.
OTB: Jesus sa til dem: "Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere, hvis dere ikke spiser Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, kan dere ikke ha liv i dere.
B1930: Jesus sa da til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Dersom I ikke eter Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, har I ikke liv i eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 5:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
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Matthew 26:26–28
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
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John 6:55
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
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John 6:47
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
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John 15:4
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
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John 6:26–27
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
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John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
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Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
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