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Forγὰρmy fleshἡ σάρξ μουisἐστιtrueἀληθήςfood,βρῶσιςandκαὶmy bloodτὸ αἷμά μουisἐστιtrueἀληθήςdrink.πόσις
John 6:55
Study it in the app“For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”
With the Greek beneath
John 6:55, word by word
- my fleshσάρξsarx
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarx” appears- isἐστιesti
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esti” appears- trueἀληθήςalēthēs
true, truthful
True, truthful.
Where else “alēthēs” appears- foodβρῶσιςbrōsis
food
What one eats to live; also the food that gives eternal life.
Where else “brōsis” appears- my bloodαἷμάhaima
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haima” appears- drinkπόσιςposis
drink
Drink; also the act of drinking.
Where else “posis” appears
The context
54Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
55 · This verse (above)
56Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
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?