I live by the Father... he shall live by me. — The preposition “by” here is ambiguous, and it is better, therefore, to render the words, I live by reason of the Father... he shall live by reason of Me. For the thought of the Father as the original source of life, and as giving this principle of life to the Son, comp. Note on John 5:26. He that taketh the Son into his own being, in like manner receives this principle of life from Him.
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John 6:57
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.