Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- John 6:50-71 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
6:50 This is the bread that has come down from heaven , so that a person may eat from it and not die .
6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven . If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever . The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh .”
6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another , “How can this man give us his flesh to eat ?”
6:53 Jesus said to them , “I tell you the solemn truth , unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood , you have no life in yourselves .
6:54 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life , and I will raise him up on the last day .
6:55 For my flesh is true food , and my blood is true drink .
6:56 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me , and I in him .
6:57 Just as the living Father sent me , and I live because of the Father , so the one who consumes me will live because of me .
6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven ; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate , but then later died . The one who eats this bread will live forever .”
Many Followers Depart
6:59 Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum .
6:60 Then many of his disciples , when they heard these things, said , “This is a difficult saying ! Who can understand it ?”
6:61 When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this , he said to them , “Does this cause you to be offended ?
6:62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before ?
6:63 The Spirit is the one who gives life ; human nature is of no help ! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life .
6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe .” (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe , and who it was who would betray him .)
6:65 So Jesus added , “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”
Peter’s Confession
6:66 After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer .
6:67 So Jesus said to the twelve , “You don’t want to go away too , do you ?”
6:68 Simon Peter answered him , “Lord , to whom would we go ? You have the words of eternal life .
6:69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God !”
6:70 Jesus replied , “Didn’t I choose you , the twelve , and yet one of you is the devil ?”
6:71 (Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot , for Judas , one of the twelve , was going to betray him .)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Capernaum |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
JUDAS ISCARIOT |
NICODEMUS |
MANNA |
Life |
Flesh |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2 |
LORDS SUPPER |
SPIRITUAL MEAT |
Symbols and Similitudes |
Blood |
Fellowship |
Unbelief |
Righteous |
Peter |
Eating |
Eternal life |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Joh 6:50; Joh 6:50; Joh 6:51; Joh 6:52; Joh 6:52; Joh 6:52; Joh 6:53; Joh 6:53; Joh 6:53; Joh 6:54; Joh 6:54; Joh 6:55; Joh 6:55; Joh 6:56; Joh 6:56; Joh 6:57; Joh 6:58; Joh 6:58; Joh 6:58; Joh 6:58; Joh 6:59; Joh 6:59; Joh 6:59; Joh 6:60; Joh 6:60; Joh 6:60; Joh 6:60; Joh 6:61; Joh 6:61; Joh 6:61; Joh 6:61; Joh 6:62; Joh 6:63; Joh 6:63; Joh 6:64; Joh 6:65; Joh 6:65; Joh 6:66; Joh 6:66; Joh 6:67; Joh 6:69; Joh 6:69; Joh 6:69; Joh 6:69; Joh 6:70; Joh 6:70; Joh 6:71; Joh 6:71; Joh 6:71
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:54 Notice that here the result (has eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day) is produced by eating (Jesus’) flesh and drinking his blo...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:56 Resides in me, and I in him. Note how in John 6:54 eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood produces eternal life and the promise of resurrect...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:57 Or “who chews”; Grk “who eats.” Here the translation “consumes” is more appropriate than simply “eats,”...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:58 Or “who chews.” On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esqiw, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:60 Or “obey it”; Grk “hear it.” The Greek word ἀκούω (akouw) could imply hearing with obedience here, i...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:61 Does this cause you to be offended? It became apparent to some of Jesus’ followers at this point that there would be a cost involved in followin...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:67 Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:69 You have the words of eternal life…you are the Holy One of God! In contrast to the response of some of his disciples, here is the response of th...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Joh 6:70 Although most translations render this last phrase as “one of you is a devil,” such a translation presupposes that there is more than one ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)