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Whoeverὁfeeds onτρώγωνmy fleshμου τὴν σάρκαandκαὶdrinksπίνωνmy bloodμου τὸ αἷμαhasἔχειeternalαἰώνιονlife,ζωὴνand Iκἀγὼwill raiseἀναστήσωhimαὐτὸνupἀναστήσωon the lastτῇ ἐσχάτῃday.ἡμέρᾳ
John 6:54
Study it in the app“Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
With the Greek beneath
John 6:54, word by word
- feeds onτρώγωνtrōgōn
eat, chew
Eat, chew.
Where else “trōgōn” appears- my fleshσάρκαsarka
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarka” appears- drinksπίνωνpinōn
soak up
To drink the cup of suffering, or take in deeply.
Where else “pinōn” appears- my bloodαἷμαhaima
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haima” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- and Iκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- will raiseἀναστήσωanastēsō
rise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēsō” appears- on the lastἐσχάτῃeschatēi
last in time
Last in time: "the last day".
Where else “eschatēi” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears
Translation note
From here on John uses trōgō, a more graphic verb than the usual one: to eat by chewing.
The context
53So 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.
54 · This verse (above)
55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
To study John 6 in a group
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?