John 6:58
56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
59 Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
60 On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
- KJV
- This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
- WEB
- This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
- ASV
- This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
- DARBY
- This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.
- BLB
- This is the bread having come down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one eating this bread will live to the age.”
- ÅB
- Dette er det brød som er kommet ned fra himmelen; ikke slik som fedrene spiste og døde; den som spiser dette brød, skal leve evindelig.
- OTB
- Dette er brødet som har kommet ned fra himmelen. Deres forfedre spiste manna og døde, men den som spiser av dette brødet, vil leve evig."
- B1930
- Dette er det brød som er kommet ned fra himmelen; ikke således som fedrene åt og døde; den som eter dette brød, skal leve evindelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Read in contextJohn 6:47–51
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
Read in contextJohn 6:31–34
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
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.”
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