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.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread, х kai (G2532) ho (G3588) artos (G740) de (G1161) 'aye, and,' or 'yea, and the Bread'] that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 'Understand, it is of MYSELF I now speak as the Bread from heaven; of ME if a man eat he shall live forever; and "THE BREAD WHICH I WILL GIVE IS MY FLESH WHICH I WILL GIVE FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD." Here, for the first time in this high discourse, our Lord explicitly introduces His sacrificial death-for what impartial student of Scripture can doubt this?-not only as that which constitutes Him the Bread of life to men, but as THAT very element IN HIM WHICH POSSESSES THE LIFE-GIVING VIRTUE. From this time forth, observes Stier-and the remark is an important one-we hear no more in this discourse of "Bread:" that figure is dropped, and the Reality takes its place. The words "I will give" may be compared with the words of institution at the Supper, "This is My body which is given for you (Luke 22:19), and, as the apostle reports it, "broken for you" (1 Corinthians 11:24).