{"id":669,"date":"2009-09-18T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=669"},"modified":"2022-01-13T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T16:34:54","slug":"john-652-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"John 6:52-59"},"content":{"rendered":"

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us His flesh to eat? <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

54 Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

55 For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

56 He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

57 As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

59 These things said He in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Jesus is not<\/u> talking of the Lord’s supper. If He was, everyone who has never eaten it is in hell. Also, it would mean that salvation comes by the work<\/u> of eating bread and drinking wine and not by faith alone.<\/h3>\n

The “flesh” and “blood” is the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Eating and drinking are the faith that enables us to take part in His sacrifice.<\/h3>\n

Christ goes further than salvation (verse 53) to speak of the believer’s life in Him (verses 54-58). I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The law forbade drinking blood (Leviticus 3:17; 7:26-27; 17:10-14).<\/h3>\n

Jesus refers to His blood apart from His body because His blood was shed, a clear indication of death.<\/h3>\n

Eat (verse 53) esthio<\/em> \u2014 simple eating<\/h3>\n

Eat (verse 54) trogo<\/em> \u2014 munching and crunching, feeding on over time. The tense also changes from one-time event to continuous action.<\/h3>\n

Verse 55 points to the importance of the object<\/u> of faith, not the mere existence of faith.<\/h3>\n

John’s first mention of the mutual indwelling of the believer and Christ (v.56) . A relationship of intimacy and dependency, as is the case with the Father and Son (verse 57).<\/h3>\n

As the Son lived, while on earth, in humble dependence on the Father, so do believers live in humble dependence on the Son (v.57) .<\/h3>\n

Verse 58 \u2014 Summary of what has gone before. When referring to manna, esthio<\/em> is used, when referring to the true blood, trogo<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

Humanity died spiritually by eating (Genesis 3:6<\/span><\/a>) but can be made alive spiritually by eating.<\/h3>\n

The believer eats once as an act of faith for salvation, then eats continually and characteristically for a life of faith.<\/h3>\n

Passover example \u2014 The Israelites applied the blood of the lamb, then fed on the lamb.<\/h3>\n

in the synagogue (v.59) \u2014 literally “in synagogue” during an assembly for worship.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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