John 6:50-71 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:54

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood ,.... Spiritually by faith, as explained in the preceding verse: hath eternal life ; the principle of spiritual life, which is evidently implanted in him, as appears from his eating and drinking; and is a durable and lasting principle: grace is an incorruptible seed; every part of it is abiding and permanent; and it is itself the beginning, pledge, and earnest of everlasting life, and is inseparably connected with it: moreover, such have... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:55

For my flesh is meat indeed ,.... Not in a corporeal, but in a spiritual sense; and the same is said of his blood: and my blood is drink indeed , &c.; that is, they are both "truly" meat and drink, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions render it; or are "true" meat and drink, as the Arabic version: in opposition to what was typical meat and drink; as the manna in the wilderness, the water out of the rock, the flesh and wine at the passover, the meat and drink offerings... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:56

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood ,.... In the sense above given; See Gill on John 6:53 ; dwelleth in me, and I in him . There is a mutual indwelling of Christ, and believers; Christ is the habitation, or dwelling place of his people: there is a secret dwelling in Christ; so the elect of God dwelt in the heart, and in the hands, and arms of Christ from everlasting; and as members in their head in election grace; and representatively in him, as the Mediator of the covenant;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:57

As the living Father hath sent me ,.... Into the world, to be the Saviour of it; not by local motion, but by assumption of human nature; and not against his will, or as having superiority over him; but by joint consent and agreement: the first person in the Godhead is here styled, "the living Father"; not because he is the Father of spirits, of angels, and the souls of men; and the Father of all men by creation, and of saints by adoption; and the Father, or author of all mercies, spiritual... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:58

This is that bread which came down from heaven ,.... That true bread, the bread of God, the bread of life, living bread; meaning himself, as in John 6:32 ; not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : this is bread of a quite different nature from that; that was only typical bread, this true; that was the bread of angels, but this is the bread of God; that came but from the air, this from the third heaven; that men ate of, and died; but whoever eats of this, lives for ever; see ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:59

These things said he in the synagogue ,.... Openly and publicly, in the place of divine worship, where the Jews resorted for that purpose: as he taught in Capernaum ; his own city, and where there was a synagogue, into which he often went and taught his doctrines, and wrought miracles; see Matthew 3:13 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:60

Many therefore of his disciples ,.... Not of the twelve, nor of the seventy, but of the multitude of the disciples, who followed him from place to place, attended on his ministry, and might be baptized in his name; see John 4:1 ; when they had heard this ; that his flesh and blood were truly and really meat and drink, and that none had life in them, or should have eternal life, but such as eat and drink the same: said, this is an hard saying ; or it is to be objected to; so קשיא... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:61

When Jesus knew in himself ,.... And of himself, without any intelligence from others, or hearing what was said, being the omniscient God: that his disciples murmured at it ; at the doctrine he had delivered, looking upon it as absurd, incredible, and contrary to sense and reason: he said unto them, does this offend you ? or trouble you? cannot you get over this? cannot you understand it? or account for it? if not, how will you be able to digest some other things, or reconcile them... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:62

What and if ye shall see the son of man ,.... Meaning himself then in a state of humiliation, and was taken for a mere man, though the true Messiah, and Son of God: ascend up where he was before ? for Christ was, he existed before his incarnation, and he was in heaven before; not in his human nature, but as the word and Son of God: and he intimates, that when he had done his work, and the will of his Father, for which he came down from heaven, by the assumption of the human nature, he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:63

It is the Spirit that quickeneth ,.... It is the spirit of man that quickens him; or which being breathed into him, he becomes a living soul; for the body, without the spirit, is dead; it is a lifeless lump: and it is the Spirit of God that quickens dead sinners, by entering into them as the spirit of life, and causing them to live: and it is spiritual eating, or eating the flesh, and drinking the blood of Christ in a spiritual sense, which quickens, refreshes, and comforts the minds of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:54

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:55

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:56

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:57

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:59

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:60

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:61

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:62

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:63

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