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Thisοὗτόςisἐστινthe breadὁ ἄρτοςthatὁcame downκαταβάςfromἐξheaven,οὐρανοῦnotοὐasκαθὼςthe fathersοἱ πατέρεςateἔφαγονandκαὶdied;ἀπέθανονwhoeverὁfeeds onτρώγωνthisτοῦτονbreadτὸν ἄρτονwill liveζήσειforever.”εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
John 6:58
Study it in the app“This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.””
With the Greek beneath
John 6:58, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the breadἄρτοςartos
bread
A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
Where else “artos” appears- came downκαταβάςkatabas
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabas” appears- heavenοὐρανοῦouranou
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appears- the fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears- ateἔφαγονephagon
eat
Eat.
Where else “ephagon” appears- diedἀπέθανονapethanon
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanon” appears- feeds onτρώγωνtrōgōn
eat, chew
Eat, chew.
Where else “trōgōn” appears- will liveζήσειzēsei
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēsei” appears- foreverαἰῶναaiōna
forever
Time without end.
Where else “aiōna” appears
The context
57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he too will live because of me.
58 · This verse (above)
59He said these things in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.
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?