John 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John 6:55 in other translations
| BSB | For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. |
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| WEB | For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. |
| ASV | For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. |
| YLT | for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; |
| DARBY | for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink. |
| BBE | My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. |
| Webster | For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. |
What does John 6:55 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…
Barnes' Notes
(r) "meat indeed" Ps 4:7
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
John 6:55 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 6:55
- 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 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- John 8:31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- John 15:1
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
- Hebrews 8:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- Psalms 4:7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
- 1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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Context
- 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.
- John 6:56
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
John 6:55 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque mi carne es verdadera comida, y mi sangre es verdadera bebida. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ma chair est en vérité un aliment, et mon sang est en vérité un breuvage. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn mein Fleisch ist wahrhaftig Speise, und mein Blut ist wahrhaftig Trank. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui manducat meam carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, habet vitam æternam: et ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die. |