John 6:55

for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

In Context

54he who is eating My flesh, and is drinking My blood, has continuous life, and I will raise him up in the last day;

56he who is eating My flesh, and is drinking My blood, remains in Me, and I in him.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:7You have given joy in my heart, || From the time their grain and their wine || Have been multiplied.

John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and He says concerning him, “Behold, truly an Israelite, in whom is no guile”;

John 8:31Jesus, therefore, said to the Jews who believed in Him, “If you may remain in My word, you are truly My disciples,

John 15:1“I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;

1 John 5:20but we have known that the Son of God has come, and has given us a mind that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this One is the true God and the continuous 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 →

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