John 6:50
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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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John 6:51
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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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John 6:54
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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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- 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.”
John 6:58
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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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