John 6:57

As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eats me, even he shall live by me.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

In Context

56He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.

58This is the bread that came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; he that eats this bread shall live forever.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.

John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you shall see me. Because I live, you also shall live.

1 Corinthians 15:22For, as in Adam all die, so, also, in Christ shall all be made alive:

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for 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 →

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