John 6:50

John 6:50 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
• New International Version (NIV)But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

Context of John 6:50

48I am the bread that causes you to live. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, but they died. This bread that comes down from heaven is different. Anyone who eats this bread will not die. 51I am the bread that gives life to people. This bread came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live for ever. The bread that I will give is my own body. I will give it so that all people in the world may have life with God.’ 52Then the Jewish leaders became angry and they argued with each other even more. They said, ‘This man cannot give his body to us so that we can eat it!’

John 6:50 word by word

οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνων, ἵνα τις ἐξ αὐτοῦ φάγῃ καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the breadὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• which cometh downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• a manτιςtis · oneG5100
• may eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• thereofαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• notμήmē · notG3361
• dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599

Cross-references for John 6:50

• John 6:33God's bread is the one who comes down from heaven. He is the one who gives life to people in the world.’
• John 3:13The Son of Man came down from heaven. Nobody else has gone up to heaven except him.
• John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna that your ancestors ate. They ate it but they died. But the person who eats this bread will live for ever.’
• John 8:51I tell you this: Anyone who obeys my words will never die.’
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, ‘I have authority over death. I raise dead people, and I give people true life. Anyone who believes in me will live. Even if that person dies, he will continue to live.
• Romans 8:10But, if Christ lives in you, you have a new life because of his Spirit. Your body will die one day because of the power of sin. But your spirit lives because Christ has made you right with God.

Commentaries on John 6:50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 50This is the bread, etc. - I am come for this very purpose, that men may believe in me, and have eternal life.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-51Verses 47-51 The advantage of the manna was small, it only referred to this life; but the living Bread is so excellent, that the man who feedeth on it shall never die. This bread is Christ's human nature, which he took to present to the Father, as a sacrifice for the sins of the world; to purchase all things pertaining to life and godliness, for sinners of every nation, who repent and believe in him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50Jesus connected the manna of the exodus story with himself. Then he said why he was different from the manna the Israelites received from God. The Israelites remained mortal and they all died. But the bread from heaven (Jesus himself) provides eternal life (6:47, 51, 58).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-5147-51. He that believeth, &c.--(See on Joh 3:36; Joh 5:24).Read the comment

Topics related to John 6:50

• Death
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Manna
• Regeneration
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Manna
• Meat
• Murmur
• Andrew
• Christ, Offices of
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings