John 6:40

6:40 For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up ¹  at the last day.” ² 

John 6:51

6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread ³  that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 6:54

6:54 The one who eats ⁴  my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵ 

John 6:58

6:58 This ⁶  is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ⁷  ate, but then later died. ⁸  The one who eats ⁹  this bread will live forever.”

John 6:68

6:68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 4:14

4:14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, ¹⁰  but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain ¹¹  of water springing up ¹²  to eternal life.”

Jeremiah 15:16

15:16 As your words came to me I drank them in, ¹³ 

and they filled my heart with joy and happiness

because I belong to you. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Or “resurrect him,” or “make him live again.”

² sn Notice that here the result (having eternal life and being raised up at the last day) is produced by looking on the Son and believing in him. Compare John 6:54 where the same result is produced by eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood. This suggests that the phrase in 6:54 (eats my flesh and drinks my blood) is to be understood in terms of the phrase here (looks on the Son and believes in him).

³ tn Grk “And the bread.”

⁴ tn Or “who chews”; Grk ὁ τρώγων (Jo trwgwn). The alternation between ἐσθίω (esqiw, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trwgw, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) may simply reflect a preference for one form over the other on the author’s part, rather than an attempt to express a slightly more graphic meaning. If there is a difference, however, the word used here (τρώγω) is the more graphic and vivid of the two (“gnaw” or “chew”).

⁵ sn 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 blood. Compare John 6:40 where the same result is produced by “looking on the Son and believing in him.” This suggests that the phrase here (eats my flesh and drinks my blood) is to be understood by the phrase in 6:40 (looks on the Son and believes in him).

⁶ tn Or “This one.”

⁷ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

⁸ tn Grk “This is the bread that came down from heaven, not just like your ancestors ate and died.” The cryptic Greek expression has been filled out in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “who chews.” On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esqiw, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trwgw, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) see the note on “eats” in v. 54.

¹⁰ tn Grk “will never be thirsty forever.” The possibility of a later thirst is emphatically denied.

¹¹ tn Or “well.” “Fountain” is used as the translation for πηγή (phgh) here since the idea is that of an artesian well that flows freely, but the term “artesian well” is not common in contemporary English.

¹² tn The verb ἁλλομένου (Jallomenou) is used of quick movement (like jumping) on the part of living beings. This is the only instance of its being applied to the action of water. However, in the LXX it is used to describe the “Spirit of God” as it falls on Samson and Saul. See Judg 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Kgdms 10:2, 10 LXX (= 1 Sam 10:6, 10 ET); and Isa 35:6 (note context).

¹³ sn Heb “Your words were found and I ate them.” This along with Ezek 2:8–3:3 is a poetic picture of inspiration. The prophet accepted them, assimilated them, and made them such a part of himself that he spoke with complete assurance what he knew were God’s words.

¹⁴ tn Heb “Your name is called upon me.”