John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” 1 Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
John 1:14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of 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 says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given to you living water.”
John 6:52Therefore the Jews were contending with one another, 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 counting their transgressions against them, and committing to us the word of this 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 →