John 6:54 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. ”

• John 6:54 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In these verses Jesus repeats what he had in substance said before. Except ye eat the flesh ... - He did not mean that this should be understood literally, for it was never done, and it is absu...

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• John 6:54 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Further Jewish Objections. Further advance is made by the use for the first time of the phrase, to eat the flesh. To their question How? Jesus answers that the gift of life can be obtained only by...

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• John 6:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  eateth = feedeth on (so as to enjoy). Greek. trogo, as in verses: John 6:56 ; John 6:57-58 . Not the same word as in verses: John 6:5 ; John 6:13 ; John 6:23 ; John 5:26 ; John 5:31 , J...

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• John 6:54 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  54. He who eateth my flesh. This is a repetition, but is not superfluous; for it confirms what was difficult to be believed, That souls feed on his flesh and blood, in precisely the sam...

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• John 6:54 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1641 THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING BY FAITH ON CHRIST John 6:53-55 . 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....

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• John 6:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Hath eternal life - This can never be understood of the sacrament of the Lord's supper. 1. B...

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• John 6:54 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whoso eateth my flesh,— "Whoso thus feedeth upon me by living faith, has the principle of eternal life implanted in him, and, if faithful unto death, shall enjoy it, because I will raise him up at...

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• John 6:54 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Whose (or 'He that') eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life. This...

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• John 6:54 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Bread of Life John 6:1 to John 7:1 . Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from...

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• John 6:54 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood. — The thought advances from the negative to the positive. The previous verse stated the condition without which they could not have life. This verse de...

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• John 6:54 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1-59 . In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to t...

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• John 6:54 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Eat and Live John 6:52-59 In John 6:57 our Lord gives the secret of His inner life. At the beginning of His ministry He told the tempter that man did not live by bread alone, but by God's Wor...

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• John 6:54 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted t...

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• John 6:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with...

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• John 6:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood ,.... Spiritually by faith, as explained in the preceding verse: hath eternal life ; the principle of spiritual life, which is evidently implanted in h...

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• John 6:54 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 54. Whoso eateth my flesh ] Because this was a hard point to believe, therefore it i...

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• John 6:54 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whoso eateth my flesh, &c., hath eternal life Has the principles of eternal life implanted in him, and shall enjoy it; for I will raise him up, &c. For my flesh is meat indeed , &c. My...

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• John 6:54 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, availa...

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• John 6:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ.       28 Then said they unto hi...

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• John 6:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Hath eternal life; he hath it in a sure and just right title, and he shall have it in a certain actual possession: and in order to it, he shall have a joyful resurrection unto it at the last day. T...

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• John 6:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Bread of Life, Eating His Flesh And Drinking His Blood ( John 6:26-59 ). The narrative that follows must be carefully divided up if it is to be properly understood. There are in fact three cle...

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• John 6:54 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 6:22-24 . None other boat, rather little ship (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been pre...

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• John 6:54 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 6:22-24 . The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jes...

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• John 6:54 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 6:2 . A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles. But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick....

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• John 6:54 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life Everlasting life I. THE BLESSING, “everlasting life.” Everlasting life was never proposed in the schools of philosophy to the faith of man, or urge...

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• John 6:54 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 6:1-43 2. Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source . John 6:1-43 (1) The supply of human wants illustrat...

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• John 6:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Life through Christ's sacrifice:

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• John 6:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Galatians 2:20 ; Isaiah 25:6-8 ; Isaiah 55:1-3 ; John 4:14 ; John 6:27 ; John 6:39 ; John 6:40 ; John 6:47 ; John 6:63 ; Philippians 3:7-10 ; Proverbs 9:4-6 ; Psalms 22:26

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• John 6:54 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Bread of Life John 6:33-56 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When the devil said to Christ. "If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread," the Lord quickly unsheathed the sword of...

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