John 6:51 · KJV
“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 flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
— John 6:51
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us {his} flesh to eat?
John 6 — Context
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51I 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 flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us {his} flesh to eat?
53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Cross References
John 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Luke 22:19
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake {it}, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Hebrews 10:5-12
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: {hast...: or, thou hast fitted me}
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, {even} the Son of man which is in heaven.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Hebrews 10:20
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; {consecrated: or, new made}
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him {to be} sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.