John 6:57 — Meaning and Application

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“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”

John 6:57

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For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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.

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

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John 6:1

"After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is {the sea} of Tiberias."

John 6:2

"And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased."

John 6:3

"And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples."

John 6:4

"And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh."

John 6:5

"When Jesus then lifted up {his} eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?"

John 6:6

"And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do."

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