John 6 · Verse 33

John 6:33

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John 6:33, King James Version

John 6:33 in other translations

BSBFor the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
WEBFor the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”
ASVFor the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
YLTfor the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'
DARBYFor the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
BBEThe bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
WebsterFor the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

What does John 6:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:32-33

32-33. Moses gave you not, &c.--"It was not Moses that gave you the manna, and even it was but from the lower heavens; 'but My Father giveth you the true bread,' and that 'from heaven.'"

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 33. The bread of God. The means of support which God furnishes. That which, in his view, in needful for man.

Is he, &c. Is the Messiah who has come from heaven.

And giveth life, &c. Jn 1:4.

(r) "bread" Jn 6:48,58

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 6:28-35

Constant exercise of faith in Christ, is the most important and difficult part of the obedience required from us, as sinners seeking salvation. When by his grace we are enabled to live a life of faith in the Son of God, holy tempers follow, and acceptable services may be done. God, even his Father, who gave their fathers that food from heaven to support their natural lives, now gave them the true Bread for the…

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John 6:33 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁhoTheG3588
γὰρgarforG1063
ἄρτοςartosbreadG740
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
ἐστινestinisG1510
ὁhothe [One]G3588
καταβαίνωνkatabainōncoming downG2597
ἐκekout ofG1537
τοῦtou<the>G3588
οὐρανοῦouranouheavenG3772
καὶkaiandG2532
ζωὴνzōēnlifeG2222
διδοὺςdidousgivingG1325
τῷtōto theG3588
κόσμῳ.¶kosmōworld.G2889

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 6:33

  • John 8:42

    Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 17:8

    For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

  • John 3:13

    And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

  • John 6:50

    This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

  • 1 John 1:1-2

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  • John 16:28

    I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

  • John 6:48

    I am that bread of life.

  • John 6:38

    For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • John 13:3

    Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

  • 1 Timothy 1:15

    This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cometh.
38,48; 3:13; 8:42; 13:3; 16:28; 17:8; 1Ti 1:15; 1Jo 1:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 6:32

    Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

  • John 6:33

    For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

  • John 6:34

    Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

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John 6:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque el pan de Dios es aquel que descendió del cielo y da vida al mundo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car le pain de Dieu est celui qui descend du ciel, et qui donne la vie au monde.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn das Brot Gottes ist der, welcher aus dem Himmel herniederkommt und der Welt das Leben gibt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Panis enim Dei est, qui de cælo descendit, et dat vitam mundo.