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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.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

The living bread (ο αρτος ο ζων). "The bread the living." Repetition of the claim in 35,41,48, but with a slight change from ζωης …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The bread that I will give is my flesh. That is, his body would be offered as a sacrifice for sin, according to his declaration when he in…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I am the living bread. The words are again repeated (John 6:48), but with a new fullness of meaning. He spoke…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I am that bread of life. Your Fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man…

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

John 6:47-51a

St. Augustine of Hippo: Our Lord wishes to reveal what He is: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoe…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The key to a genuine experience with God lies in the sequence of statements in this verse. It is vested in the person of Christ, who descended from…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I am the living bread. He often repeats the same thing, because nothing is more necessary to know; and everyone feels in themselves with w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I am the living bread which came down from heaven
This is the same with what is said in (John 6:33[Refer…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The advantage of the manna was small; it only referred to this life. But the living Bread is so excellent that the person who feeds on it shall nev…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. After our Lord quieted the grumbling of the Jews, He now clears up the doubt they had because of His saying, I am the living bread, w…

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