John 6:51 BSB — MannaFest

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 My flesh.”

BSB

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ASV

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

KJV

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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Commentary

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Irenaeus

AGAINST HERESIES 4.38.1 (202)

For as it certainly is in the power of a mother to give strong food to her infant, [but she does not do so], as the child is not yet able to receive more substantial nourishment; so also it was possible for God Himself to have made man perfect from the first, but man could not receive this [perfection], being as yet an infant. And for this cause our Lord in these last times, when He had summed up all things into Himself, came to us, not as He might have come, but as we were capable of beholding Him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

If any eat of this bread - That is, believe in me: he shall live forever - In other words, he that believeth to the end shall be saved. My flesh which I will give you - This whole discourse concerning his flesh and blood refers directly to his passion, and but remotely, if at all, to the Lord's Supper.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The bread that I will give is by flesh - That is, his body would be offered as a sacrifice for sin, agreeably to his declaration when he instituted the Supper: “This is my body which is broken for you,” 1Co 11:24. Life of the world - That sinners might, by his atoning sacrifice, be recovered from spiritual death, and be brought to eternal life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The words "I will give" may be compared with the words of institution at the Supper, "This is My body which is given for you" (Lu 22:19), or in Paul's report of it, "broken for you" (1Co 11:24).

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Original language & word study

38 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγώ	Egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄρτος	artos	bread	G740 →
ὁ	ho	which	G3588 →
ζῶν	zōn	is living	G2198 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
καταβάς·	katabas	having come down;	G2597 →
ἐάν	ean	if	G1437 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
φάγῃ	phagē	shall have eaten	G5315 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τούτου	toutou	this	G3778 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἄρτου,	artou	bread,	G740 →
ζήσει	zēsei	he will live	G2198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνα.	aiōna	age.	G165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄρτος	artos	bread	G740 →
δὲ	de	also	G1161 →
ὃν	hon	that	G3739 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δώσω	dōsō	will give	G1325 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σάρξ	sarx	flesh	G4561 →
μού	mou	of Me	G3165 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
ζωῆς.¶	zōēs	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

The walk8

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
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Peter 1:18
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Revelation 5:9
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
Through
John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:4
  Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth?…
Through
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.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:23–29
  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
- 1 Corinthians 10:16
  Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?