# John 6.51-58

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.</span> 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>
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> **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> 52. <span class="rl-speech">The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?</span> 53. Jesus therefore said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.</span> 54. <span class="rl-speech">He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.</span>**
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> 59. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60. Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? (John 6:49-60, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.</span> 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>
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> **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> 52. <span class="rl-speech">The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”</span> 53. Jesus therefore said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.</span> 54. <span class="rl-speech">He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which came down out of heaven, not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”</span>**
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> 59. He said these things in the synagogue, <span class="rl-speech">as he taught in Capernaum.</span> 60. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”</span> (John 6:49-60, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 49. <span class="rl-speech">Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.</span>
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> **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> 52. <span class="rl-speech">The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?</span> 53. Then Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.</span> 54. <span class="rl-speech">Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.</span>**
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> 59. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? (John 6:49-60, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 49. <span class="rl-speech">your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;</span> 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>
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> **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> 52. The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?' 53. Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves; 54. he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day; 55. for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; 56. he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him. 57. 'According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me; 58. this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live, to the age.'**
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> 59. These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum; 60. many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, 'This word is hard; who is able to hear it?' (John 6:49-60, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 6.26-65](/codex/john-6-26-65/)
- [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/ylt/), via [John 6.54-55](/codex/john-6-54-55/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0165 - aion](/codex/g0165-aion/), via [John 6.51](/codex/john-6-51/)
- [G0166 - aionios](/codex/g0166-aionios/), via [John 6.54](/codex/john-6-54/)
- [G1453 - egeiro](/codex/g1453-egeiro/), via [John 6.54](/codex/john-6-54/)
- [G2198 - zao](/codex/g2198-zao/), via [John 6.51](/codex/john-6-51/), [John 6.57](/codex/john-6-57/), [John 6.58](/codex/john-6-58/)
- [G2222 - zoe](/codex/g2222-zoe/), via [John 6.51](/codex/john-6-51/)
- [G4561 - sarx](/codex/g4561-sarx/)

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## Why these four translations

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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.