This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- BSB This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- ESV This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
- NKJV This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
- NASB This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and not die.
- NLT Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.
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Quick answer
Jesus points to the bread from heaven that one may eat and not die. He offers a bread that overcomes death itself.
Overview
Unlike the manna, this heavenly bread gives life that death cannot end. To 'eat' it is to receive Christ by faith, as the discourse makes clear. The promise of not dying points to the eternal life and resurrection that belong to all who feed on Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
- Rom 8:10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
- John 6:51I 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.
- John 6:58This 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.
- John 8:51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
- John 6:42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
- John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
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