John 6:55
For my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
In Context
54He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him.
Cross References
Psalms 4:7Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,
John 15:1I am the TRUE grapevine, and my Father is the farmer.
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God, and the eternal life.
Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60
Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →