KJV: This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
YLT: this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
Darby: This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
ASV: This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
| οὗτός | This |
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Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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| ἄρτος | bread |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄρτος Sense: food composed of flour mixed with water and baked. |
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| ὁ | - |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| οὐρανοῦ | heaven |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: οὐρανός Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it. |
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| καταβαίνων | coming down |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: καταβαίνω Sense: to go down, come down, descend. |
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| ἵνα | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| τις | anyone |
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Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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| φάγῃ | may eat |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἐσθίω Sense: to eat. |
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| ἀποθάνῃ | die |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποθνῄσκω Sense: to die. |
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Greek Commentary for John 6:50
Purpose clause with ινα hina and the second aorist active subjunctive of εστιω esthiō and αποτνησκω apothnēskō The wonder and the glory of it all, but quite beyond the insight of this motley crowd. [source]
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Not only life in the future world. He is “the principle and source of life in its temporal development and future consummation, so that whoever has not received Him into himself by faith, has become a prey to spiritual and eternal death” (Meyer). “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” Compare Colossians 3:4; John 6:50, John 6:51; John 11:25, John 11:26. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. Without the way there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I am the way which thou shouldst pursue; the truth which thou shouldst believe; the life which thou shouldst hope for” (Thomas a Kempis, “Imitation of Christ,” iii., 56). On ζωή , life, see on John 1:4. [source]
All bread is of God (Matthew 6:11). The manna came down from heaven (Numbers 11:9) as does this bread Refers to the bread Bernard notes that this phrase (coming down) is used seven times in this discourse (John 6:33, John 6:38, John 6:41, John 6:42, John 6:50, John 6:51, John 6:58). Giveth life Chrysostom observes that the manna gave nourishment This is a most astounding statement to the crowd. [source]
Negative condition of third class with second aorist active subjunctive of εστιω esthiō Jesus repeats the statement in John 6:50, John 6:51. Note change of μου mou (my) in John 6:51 to του υιου του αντρωπου tou huiou tou anthrōpou with same idea. And drink his blood Same condition with second aorist active subjunctive of πινω pinō This addition makes the demand of Jesus seem to these Jews more impossible than before if taken in a baldly literal sense. The only possible meaning is the spiritual appropriation of Jesus Christ by faith (John 6:47), for “ye have not life in yourselves” Life is found only in Christ. [source]
Present active participle for continual or habitual eating like πιστευετε pisteuete in John 6:29. The verb τρωγω trōgō is an old one for eating fruit or vegetables and the feeding of animals. In the N.T. it occurs only in John 6:54, John 6:56, John 6:58; John 13:18; Matthew 24:38. Elsewhere in the Gospels always εστιω esthiō or επαγον ephagon (defective verb with εστιω esthiō). No distinction is made here between επαγον ephagon (John 6:48, John 6:50, John 6:52, John 6:53, John 6:58) and τρωγω trōgō (John 6:54, John 6:56, John 6:57, John 6:58). Some men understand Jesus here to be speaking of the Lord‘s Supper by prophetic forecast or rather they think that John has put into the mouth of Jesus the sacramental conception of Christianity by making participation in the bread and wine the means of securing eternal life. To me that is a violent misinterpretation of the Gospel and an utter misrepresentation of Christ. It is a grossly literal interpretation of the mystical symbolism of the language of Jesus which these Jews also misunderstood. Christ uses bold imagery to picture spiritual appropriation of himself who is to give his life-blood for the life of the world (John 6:51). It would have been hopeless confusion for these Jews if Jesus had used the symbolism of the Lord‘s Supper. It would be real dishonesty for John to use this discourse as a propaganda for sacramentalism. The language of Jesus can only have a spiritual meaning as he unfolds himself as the true manna. [source]
Lit., His Son, the only-begotten (Son). A mode of expression common in John, enlarging upon the meaning of a noun by the addition of an adjective or a participle with the article. See 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:7, 1 John 2:8, 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:4; John 6:41, John 6:44, John 6:50, John 6:51; John 15:1, etc. On only-begotten, see on John 1:14. [source]