In the synagogue (εν συναγωγη). Definite like our in church, though article absent. Only use of the word in John except 18:20. "Am…

As he taught in Capernaum. If we accept the identification of Capernaum with Tell-Hûm, which is in every way probable (co…

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and …

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

Jesus climaxed his discourse by once more referring to the “bread that came down from heaven,” the forefathers who ate it in the wilderness and die…

He spoke these things in the synagogue. John points out the place, so that we may know that many were present, and likewise, that a sermon…

These things said he in the synagogue
Openly and publicly, in the place of divine worship, where the Jews resorted f…

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…