John 6:58

“This is that bread which came down from heaven, etc.] That true bread, the bread of God, the bread of life, living bread; meaning himself, as in (<430632>John 6:32,33,35,48,50,51); not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: this is bread of a quite different nature from that; that was only typical bread, this true; that was the bread of angels, but this is the bread of God; that came but from the air, this from the third heaven; that men ate of, and died; but whoever eats of this, lives for ever; (see <430649>John 6:49); as follows: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever; (see Gill on “<430651>John 6:51”).”

“This is that bread, &c.--a sort of summing up of the whole discourse, on which let this one further remark suffice--that as our Lord, instead of softening down His figurative sublimities, or even putting them in naked phraseology, leaves the great truths of His Person and Office, and our participation of Him and it, enshrined for all time in those glorious forms of speech, so when we attempt to strip the truth of these figures, figures though they be, it goes away from us, like water when the vessel is broken, and our wisdom lies in raising our own spirit, and attuning our own ear, to our Lord's chosen modes of expression. (It should be added that although this discourse has nothing to do…”

“This is that bread ... - This is the true bread that came down. The word “that” should not be in the translation. Shall live for ever - Not on the earth, but in the enjoyments of a better world. return to 'Top of Page'”

“This is - That is, I am the bread - Which is not like the manna your fathers ate, who died notwithstanding. John 6:60”

“Joh 6:32, Joh 6:34, Joh 6:41, Joh 6:47-51 John 6:59”