This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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This is that breed which cometh from heaven that he which eateth of it shuld also not dye.
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This is that breade, which commeth downe from heauen, that hee which eateth of it, shoulde not die.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to John 6:50 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 6:33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
- Romans 8:10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
- John 6:58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
- John 8:51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
- John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
- John 6:42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”
- John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He pointed out himself when he spake these words.
He pointed out himself when he spake these words.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 50 This is the bread which cometh down from…
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Ver. 50. This is the bread] Δεικτικως, pointing to himself. So David, "this poor man" (meaning himself) "cried, and the Lord heard him," &c., Psa 34:6. So Hic, sat lucis, let there be light here, said Oecolampadius on his death bed, laying his hand on his breast.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain But I am that bread of life, who came…
But I am that bread of life, who came out of the highest heavens, from the bosom of my Father; that bread, which if a man eateth thereof, he shall never die eternally. Eating Christ in this text signifieth no more than believing in him, so often before mentioned under the notion of coming to him, believing in him, &c. And believing is fitly expressed by this notion of eating; because as eating is the application of meat to our stomachs, for the sustenance of our bodily life; so believing is the application of Christ to the soul, for the beginning and increase of spiritual life, and at last obtaining life eternal.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Jews therefore strove among themselves,.... Fell to cavilling…
The Jews therefore strove among themselves,.... Fell to cavilling and disputing one among another; some understanding Christ, and others not; some being for him, and vindicated what he said; and others being against him, and who were the majority, objected,
saying how can this man give us his flesh to eat? which is to be understood, not physically, but as morally impossible and unlawful; since, with the Jews, it was not lawful to eat the flesh of any creature alive, and much less the flesh of man; for the Jews understood Christ of a corporeal eating of his flesh, being strangers to a figurative or spiritual eating of it by faith, in which sense he meant it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Not die - Not spiritually; not eternally.
Not die - Not spiritually; not eternally.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 50. This is the bread, &c.] I am…
Verse 50. This is the bread, &c.] I am come for this very purpose, that men may believe in me, and have eternal life.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 50. Not die—The old manna was but for the…
50. Not die—The old manna was but for the body, and gave but a temporal life, and its eaters are dead; but this new manna is for the soul, and it gives an eternal life. The Romish Church, indeed, (like the Jews in Joh_6:52,) holds that this flesh and blood of Christ are literal and bodily, and to be eaten and drank with the bodily mouth. But Joh_6:35 shows that the hunger and thirst to be assuaged by this eating and drinking are to be assuaged by coming to and believing in Christ. The act of eating is, therefore, the act of faith by which the soul appropriates Christ as the life within. Such is plainly also the drinking of Joh_4:14. If the drinking Christ’s blood is the drinking the sacramental cup, and is necessary to salvation, then the Romish laity cannot be saved, for they are not allowed to drink of the sacramental cup.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. that a man may eat] S. John’s favourite…
50. that a man may eat] S. John’s favourite form of expression again, indicating the Divine intention: comp. Joh_6:29, Joh_6:34, Joh_8:56, &c. ‘Of this purpose is the Bread which cometh down from heaven; in order that a man may eat thereof and so not die.’ Comp. 1Jn_5:3.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 50. May eat thereof, and not die. Eternally. The…
50. May eat thereof, and not die. Eternally. The Bread of Life, our Crucified Lord, is appropriated (eaten, made our own) by faith.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 This is the bread
This is the bread
Here "bread" is a metaphor that points to Jesus who is the one who gives spiritual life just as bread sustains physical life. AT: "I am like the true bread" (See: Metaphor)
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not die
"live forever." Here the word "die" refers to spiritual death.
living bread
This means "the bread that causes people to live" (John 6:35).
for the life of the world
Here "the world" is a metonym that represents the lives of all the people in the world. AT: "that will give life to all the people in the world" (See: Metonymy)
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