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The living Father (ο ζων πατηρ). Nowhere else in the N.T., but see 5:26 and "the living God" (Matthew 16:16; [Referenc…

I live by the Father . . . he shall live by me.—The preposition “by” here is ambiguous, and it is better, therefore, to r…

You have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

The Venerable Bede: He had said above, Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. Now, to show the gr…

Jesus now explains what he means by his flesh and blood. First of all, what he is talking about is as real to him as are the physical counterparts …

As the living Father hath sent me. Until now, Christ has explained the manner in which we must become partakers of life. He now comes to s…

As the living Father has sent me
Into the world, to be the Saviour of it; not by local motion, but by assumption of human natu…

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…

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