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1richardbsmith
John 6:35, 37-51
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry,
and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me
unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard
and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry,
and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me
unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard
and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
2richardbsmith
The I am statements in John:
Absolute I am statements: 4.26, 6.20, 8.24, 8.28, 8.58, 13.19, 18.5, 18.6
I am "something" statements : 6.35 & 48 bread, 8:12 light, 10.7 door, 10.11 good shepherd, 11.25 resurrection and life, 14.6 way, truth, life, 15.1 true vine
Do they interpret each other?
Absolute I am statements: 4.26, 6.20, 8.24, 8.28, 8.58, 13.19, 18.5, 18.6
I am "something" statements : 6.35 & 48 bread, 8:12 light, 10.7 door, 10.11 good shepherd, 11.25 resurrection and life, 14.6 way, truth, life, 15.1 true vine
Do they interpret each other?
3richardbsmith
Preceding this reading, the crowd had just witnessed the feeding of the 5,000 and had just recognized that Jesus departed without the benefit of a boat, yet in verse 30 they still ask for a sign before they might believe.
In verse29, Jesus says the work of God is to believe in the one sent.
What could have Jesus meant by believe in the one sent, at this point in His ministry? What would the crowd have understood that phrase, to believe in the one sent, to mean, at that point in the ministry?
In verse29, Jesus says the work of God is to believe in the one sent.
What could have Jesus meant by believe in the one sent, at this point in His ministry? What would the crowd have understood that phrase, to believe in the one sent, to mean, at that point in the ministry?
4richardbsmith
Is there a similarity that we should note between the response of the crowd in 6.34 and the response of the woman at the well in 4.15?
5richardbsmith
No one can come to me
unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.
Is this possibly written to justify that Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah?
unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.
Is this possibly written to justify that Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah?
