John 6:57

John 6:57 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
• New International Version (NIV)Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

Context of John 6:57

55For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.” 59These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

John 6:57 word by word

καθὼς ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ ζῶν πατὴρ κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ὁ τρώγων με κἀκεῖνος ζήσει δι᾽ ἐμέ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• theπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• hath sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• and Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• soκαίkai · andG2532
• he that eatethτρώγωtrōgō · to eatG5176
• even heκἀκεῖνοςkakeinos · and that oneG2548

Cross-references for John 6:57

• Psalms 18:46The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
• Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
• Hebrews 9:14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
• John 17:21that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
• John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
• Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
• 1 John 4:9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

Commentaries on John 6:57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 57So he that eateth me, even he shall live by me - From which we learn that the union between Christ and his followers shall be similar to that which subsists between God and Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 57I live by the Father - See the notes at John 5:26.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 52-59Verses 52-59 The flesh and blood of the Son of man, denote the Redeemer in the nature of man; Christ and him crucified, and the redemption wrought out by him, with all the precious benefits of redemption; pardon of sin, acceptance with God, the way to the throne of grace, the promises of the covenant, and eternal life. These are called the flesh and blood of Christ, because they are purchased by the breaking his body, and the shedding of his blood. Also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 53-58eats My flesh and drinks My blood: Jesus answered the question the people asked (6:52). His words pointed ahead to the Lord’s Supper, which would come later (see Luke 22:19). In Jewish speech, the phrase “flesh and blood” referred to the whole person. In this context, Jesus was calling people to receive him fully by completely believing in him. Ever since the Protestant Reformation, there have been three main interpretations of the words of Jesus about…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 53-5853-58. Except ye eat the flesh ... and drink the blood ... no life, &c.--The harshest word He had yet uttered in their ears. They asked how it was possible to eat His flesh. He answers, with great solemnity, "It is indispensable." Yet even here a thoughtful hearer might find something to temper the harshness. He says they must not only "eat His flesh" but "drink His blood," which could not but suggest the idea of His death--implied in the separation of…Read the comment

Topics related to John 6:57

• Fellowship
• Flesh
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Eating
• Eternal life
• Meat
• Murmur
• Andrew
• Christ, Offices of
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology

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