Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:55
My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed - Or, rather, My flesh is the true meat, etc. In both clauses of this verse, instead of αληθως , the adverb, I read αληθης , the adjective, agreeing with βρωσις . This reading is supported by BCKLT, and twenty-one others; both the Arabic, Coptic, Sahidic, Armenian, two copies of the Itala, Clement, Origen, Cyril, Chrysostom, and Damascenus. Our Lord terms his flesh, the true meat, and his blood the true drink, because those who... read more
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