Except ye eat (εαν μη φαγητε). Negative condition of third class with second aorist active subjunctive of εσθιω. Jesus repeats the…

Except you eat the flesh, etc. He did not mean that this should be understood literally, for it was never done, and it is absurd …

Then Jesus said to them.—This is hardly strong enough for the original. It is, rather, Jesus therefore said to them.<…

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 f…

St. Augustine of Hippo: The Jews, not understanding what the bread of peace was, argued among themselves, saying, How can th…

The last reaction of Jesus’ opponents was prompted by the apparent impossibility of his statement. They took literally the figure of eating his fle…

Verily, verily, I say to you. The just resentment Christ felt when he saw his grace rejected with such haughty disdain constrained him to …

Then Jesus said to them: The Jews, who were litigating this point among themselves.

The flesh and blood of the Son of Man represent the Redeemer in human nature; Christ and Him crucified, and the redemption accomplished by Him, wit…

1. Previously, our Lord checked the grumbling of the Jews over the origin of this spiritual food; here, he stops their dispute over the eati…