Study it in the app“So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.”
SoοὖνJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“Truly,Ἀμὴνtruly,ἀμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνunlessἐὰν μὴyou eatφάγητεthe fleshτὴν σάρκαof the Sonτοῦ υἱοῦof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουandκαὶdrinkπίητεhis blood,αὐτοῦ τὸ αἷμαyou do notοὐκhaveἔχετεlifeζωὴνinἐνyourselves.ἑαυτοῖς
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearstruly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “Amēn” appearseat
Eat.
Where else “phagēte” appearsflesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarka” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiou” appearsSon of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appearssoak up
To drink the cup of suffering, or take in deeply.
Where else “piēte” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haima” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears52So the Jews were arguing with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 · This verse (above)
54Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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?
