John 6 · Verse 54

John 6:54

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:54, King James Version

John 6:54 in other translations

BSBWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
WEBHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
ASVHe that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
YLThe who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;
DARBYHe that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
BBEHe who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.
WebsterWhoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

What does John 6:54 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:53-58

53-58. Except ye eat the flesh ... and drink the blood ... no life, &c.--The harshest word He had yet uttered in their ears. They asked how it was possible to eat His flesh. He answers, with great solemnity, "It is indispensable." Yet even here a thoughtful hearer might find something to temper the harshness. He says they must not only "eat His flesh" but "drink His blood," which could not but suggest the idea of…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 54.

(q) "eateth" Jn 6:40

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 54 Hath eternal life - This can never be understood of the sacrament of the Lord's supper. 1. Because this was not instituted till a year after; at the last Passover. 2. It cannot be said that those who do not receive that sacrament must perish everlastingly. 3. Nor can it be supposed that all those who do receive it are necessarily and eternally saved. On the contrary, St. Paul intimates that many who received it at Corinth perished, because they received it unworthily, not discerning the Lord's body: not distinguishing between it and a common meal; and not properly considering that sacrifice for sin, of which the sacrament of the Lord's super was a type: see 1Cor 11:30.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 6:52-59

The flesh and blood of the Son of man, denote the Redeemer in the nature of man; Christ and him crucified, and the redemption wrought out by him, with all the precious benefits of redemption; pardon of sin, acceptance with God, the way to the throne of grace, the promises of the covenant, and eternal life. These are called the flesh and blood of Christ, because they are purchased by the breaking his body, and the…

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John 6:54 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.

ὁhoThe [one]G3588
τρώγωνtrōgōneatingG5176
μουmouof MyG3165
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
σάρκαsarkafleshG4561
καὶkaiandG2532
πίνωνpinōndrinkingG4095
μουmouof MyG3165
τὸto<the>G3588
αἷμαhaimabloodG129
ἔχειecheihasG2192
ζωὴνzōēnlifeG2222
αἰώνιον,aiōnioneternal,G166
κἀγὼkagōand I myselfG1473
ἀναστήσωanastēsōwill raise upG450
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
τῇtēain theG3588
ἐσχάτῃeschatēlastG2078
ἡμέρᾳ.hēmeraday.G2250

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

Cross references for John 6:54

  • John 6:39-40

    And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  • Philippians 3:7-10

    But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

  • Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  • John 6:27

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  • Proverbs 9:4-6

    Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • John 4:14

    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  • Psalms 22:26

    The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

  • Isaiah 55:1-3

    Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • John 6:63

    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  • John 6:47

    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

  • Isaiah 25:6-8

    And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
eateth.
27,40,63; 4:14; Ps 22:26; Pr 9:4-6; Isa 25:6-8; 55:1-3; Ga 2:20
Php 3:7-10
hath.
39,40,47

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Context

  • John 6:53

    Then Jesus said unto them, 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.

  • John 6:54

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

  • John 6:55

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

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John 6:54 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre, tiene vida eterna: y yo le resucitaré en el día postrero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Celui qui mange ma chair et qui boit mon sang a la vie éternelle, et moi, je le ressusciterai au dernier jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer mein Fleisch ißt und mein Blut trinkt, hat ewiges Leben, und ich werde ihn auferwecken am letzten Tage;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixit ergo eis Jesus: Amen, amen dico vobis: nisi manducaveritis carnem Filii hominis, et biberitis ejus sanguinem, non habebitis vitam in vobis.