John 6:51
I 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.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
52The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:14And the WORD became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and of truth.
John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.
John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her: If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink, you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.
John 6:52The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
2 Corinthians 5:19that is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging their offenses to them, and he has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
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 →