John 6:58

This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

In Context

57As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

59Jesus said all this in the synagogue while teaching at Capernaum.

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Cross References

John 6:31Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written, `He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat'."

John 6:47"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who believes has the Life of the Ages.

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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