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50 this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.

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50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(A) which anyone may eat and not die.

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51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”(A)

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51 I am the living bread(A) that came down from heaven.(B) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(C)

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54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:54–58 Eats: the verb used in these verses is not the classical Greek verb used of human eating, but that of animal eating: “munch,” “gnaw.” This may be part of John’s emphasis on the reality of the flesh and blood of Jesus (cf. Jn 6:55), but the same verb eventually became the ordinary verb in Greek meaning “eat.”

54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.(A)

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58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

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58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”(A)

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