John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
John 6:57 in other translations
| BSB | Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. |
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| WEB | As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me. |
| ASV | As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me. |
| YLT | ‘According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me; |
| DARBY | As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, he also who eats me shall live also on account of me. |
| BBE | As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me. |
| Webster | As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. |
What does John 6:57 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
(u) "so he that eateth me" 1Cor 15:22
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 6:57 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 6:57
- 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 5:26
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
- John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Colossians 3:3-4
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
- John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- Psalms 18:46
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
- Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
- John 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
- 1 John 4:9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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Context
- John 6:56
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
- John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
- John 6:58
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
John 6:57 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como me envió el Padre viviente, y yo vivo por el Padre, asimismo el que me come, él también vivirá por mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme le Père qui est vivant m’a envoyé, et que moi, je vis à cause du Père, de même celui qui me mangera, celui-là aussi vivra à cause de moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gleichwie der lebendige Vater mich gesandt hat und ich lebe des Vaters wegen so auch, wer mich ißt, der wird auch leben meinetwegen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui manducat meam carnem et bibit meum sanguinem, in me manet, et ego in illo. |