John 6:54
52 At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 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.
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.
56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- KJV
- Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- WEB
- He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- ASV
- He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- DARBY
- He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
- BLB
- The one eating My flesh and drinking My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.
- ÅB
- Den som spiser mitt kjød og drikker mitt blod, har evig liv, og jeg skal oppreise ham på den ytterste dag;
- OTB
- Dessuten, den som spiser mitt kjød og drikker mitt blod, får evig liv, og jeg vil reise dem opp på den siste dag.
- B1930
- Den som eter mitt kjød og drikker mitt blod, har evig liv, og jeg skal opreise ham på den ytterste dag;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:39–40
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–10
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Read in contextJohn 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
Read in contextProverbs 9:4–6
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Read in contextJohn 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Read in contextPsalms 22:26
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
Read in contextIsaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
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