John 6:55

For my body truly is food, and my blood truly is drink.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54But he that eateth of my body, and drinketh of my blood, to him is life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day

56He that eateth my body, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him

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Cross References

John 1:47And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, in whom is no deceit.

John 8:31And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.

John 15:1I am the true vine; and my Father is the cultivator.

1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us knowledge that we might know the True One; and that we might be in the True One, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. He is the true God, and the life eternal.

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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