# John 6.49

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">I am the bread of life.</span>
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> **49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.</span>**
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> 50. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.</span> (John 6:47-51, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">I am the bread of life.</span>
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> **49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.</span>**
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> 50. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”</span> (John 6:47-51, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">I am that bread of life.</span>
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> **49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.</span>**
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> 50. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.</span> (John 6:47-51, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 47. <span class="rl-speech">'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">I am the bread of the life;</span>
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> **49. <span class="rl-speech">your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;</span>**
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> 50. <span class="rl-speech">this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live, to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'</span> (John 6:47-51, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** John the Apostle (traditionally) / narrator + Jesus's direct teaching
- **Audience:** later Christian audience (high-Christological emphasis; against early gnosticism)
- **Location:** first-century Palestine (events); possibly Ephesus (composition)
- **Time period:** events c. 26-33 AD (3-Passover chronology); composed c. AD 85-95

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [G3962 - pater](/codex/g3962-pater/), *pater* (Strong's G3962). Also appears in: [Matthew 5.48](/codex/matthew-5-48/), [Matthew 6.25-26](/codex/matthew-6-25-26/), [Matthew 6.25-34](/codex/matthew-6-25-34/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 6.26-65](/codex/john-6-26-65/)

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