Study it in the app“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.””
Iἐγώamεἰμιthe livingὁ ζῶνbreadὁ ἄρτοςthatὁcame downκαταβάςfromἐκheaven.τοῦ οὐρανοῦIfἐάνanyoneτιςeatsφάγῃofἐκthisτούτουbread,τοῦ ἄρτουhe will liveζήσειforever;εἰς τὸν αἰῶναandκαὶthe breadὁ ἄρτοςthatὃνIἐγὼwill giveδώσωisἐστινmy flesh,ἡ σάρξ μούforὑπὲρthe lifeτῆς ζωῆςof the world.”τοῦ κόσμου
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōn” appearsbread
A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
Where else “artos” appearsgo down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabas” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appearseat
Eat.
Where else “phagēi” appearsforever
Time without end.
Where else “aiōna” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōsō” appearsflesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarx” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appearsworld of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmou” appears50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
51 · This verse (above)
52So the Jews were arguing with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?
