John 6:48 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:48

I am the bread of life.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I am the bread of life.

KJV

I am that bread of life.

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Commentary

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Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

FESTAL LETTER 7.4-6 (373)

God by his living Word enlivens everyone and gives his Word as food and life to the saints, as the Lord declares, "I am the bread of life." … But sin, too, has its own special bread—of death, calling to those who are lovers of pleasure and lack understanding. [Sin] says, "Touch with delight secret bread and sweet waters that are stolen." For one who merely touches them has no idea that what is born from the earth perishes with [sin].

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I am that bread of life - I alone afford, by my doctrine and Spirit, that nourishment by which the soul is saved unto life eternal.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2706: “Feeding on the Bread of Life” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1900)

OBSERVE carefully the order in which our Lord puts the two blessings He mentions—first, life through believing on Him, and then food to sustain that life. First, "he that believes on Me has everlasting life," and next to that, "I am that bread of life." Life comes first and food follows afterwards. It is impossible for a dead man to feed, or to be fed— only the living can eat and drink.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1940: “The Best Bread” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1887)

You will observe that our Lord here speaks concerning Himself. He speaks not merely of His Words, nor of His offices, nor of His work, but of Himself. "I am that bread of life." And herein He teaches us all to fix our eyes mainly upon His blessed Person and to think of Him first and foremost. He is the center and soul of all. There is a tendency about us all to get away from Jesus and to look rather to the streams than to the Fountainhead.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄρτος	artos	bread	G740 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ζωῆς.	zōēs	of life.	G2222 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is…
leads to
- John 6:33
  For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:19
  And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Titus 2:14
  He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Hebrews 10:5–12
  Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
- John 3:13
  No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Through
John 6:41
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
leads to
- John 6:51–52
  I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is…
- John 6:66
  From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- John 6:60
  On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”