John 6:55
for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
In Context
54He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
56He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
Cross References
Psalms 4:7Thou hast put joy in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their new wine was in abundance.
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and 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 →