This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.This and the preceding verse are a repetition for the sake of emphasis of the words in John 6:31-35, which see. read more
John 6:58. This is that bread which came down, &c.— "If you attend to these important hints which I have given, you may in general know what I meant, by saying, as I have done, This is the bread that came down from heaven; a kind of bread, infinitely superior to the manna, both in its nature and efficacy; for it is to be eaten by you, not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: it is neither to be eaten the same way that your fathers did eat the manna, nor with the same effect; but he... read more
58. This is that bread, &c.—a sort of summing up of the whole discourse, on which let this one further remark suffice—that as our Lord, instead of softening down His figurative sublimities, or even putting them in naked phraseology, leaves the great truths of His Person and Office, and our participation of Him and it, enshrined for all time in those glorious forms of speech, so when we attempt to strip the truth of these figures, figures though they be, it goes away from us, like water when... read more
3. The bread of life discourse 6:22-59Jesus proceeded to clarify His identity by teaching the crowds and His disciples. He did so by developing the figure of the Bread of Life, which He claimed to be. Jesus used the feeding of the 5,000 as a basis for explaining His identity to the multitudes. He compared Himself to bread."Again, it was a ministry of ’grace and truth’ (John 1:17). In grace, our Lord fed the hungry people; but in truth, He gave them the Word of God." [Note: Wiersbe, 1:310.] read more
The meaning of believing 6:52-59Jesus introduced a new metaphor for believing on Him, namely, eating His flesh. The following pericope is highly metaphorical. read more
In conclusion, Jesus returned to His initial claim that He had come from the Father (John 6:29). The Jews often substituted the term "heaven" for "God" out of respect for God’s name, and Jesus did that here. This is a figure of speech called metonymy in which the speaker or writer uses the name of one thing for that of another associated with or suggested by it. The Israelites who ate the physical bread that came down from God died in the wilderness (John 6:30-31), but those who believe in the... read more
The Bread of LifeJohn 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm.Returning from Jerusalem, our Lord met the Apostles somewhere on the W. of the lake (perhaps at Capernaum), and heard their report of their mission (Luke 9:10). He then spent about a fortnight preaching and healing the sick (John 6:2), and afterwards, seeking retirement, sailed with them to a desert place on the NE. coast... read more
(58) This is that (better, the) bread which came down . . . i.e., of this nature, which He has expounded from John 6:32 onwards. The tense is now in the past, pointing to His historic coming, because He has asserted that He is the bread. (Comp. John 6:33; John 6:38.)Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead.—Read, with the best MSS., not as your fathers did eat, and are dead.The discourse ends with that which has been the text of it. read more
The Gospel Feast John 6:5 I. From the beginning, the greatest rite of religion has been a feast; the partaking of God's bounties, in the way of nature, has been consecrated to a more immediate communion with God Himself. For instance, when Isaac was weaned, Abraham 'made a great feast,' and then it was that Sarah prophesied: 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son,' she said, prophesying the introduction of the spirit, grace, and truth which the Gospel contains, instead of the bondage of the... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 6:58
This , &c. Compare John 6:50 , and see on Matthew 16:18 . live for ever. This is the opposite of death (John 6:49 ), and is to be only by and through resurrection (verses: John 6:39 , John 6:40 , John 6:44 ). read more