John 6:48
I am the bread of life.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
47Verily, verily I say to you, He that believes on me has eternal life.
49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died.
Cross References
John 6:33For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life for the world.
John 6:51I am the bread that lives, which came down from heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
1 Corinthians 11:24and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said: Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me.
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 →