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Scott's Reference Library
John 6:51 through John 6:58 (NIV)
51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the
life of the world.”
52Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give
us his flesh to eat?”
53Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For
my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57Just 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. 58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate
manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 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.
VERSES 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, because they are meat and drink
to our souls. Eating this flesh and drinking this blood mean believing in
Christ. We partake of Christ and his benefits by faith. The soul that rightly
knows its state and wants, finds whatever can calm the conscience, and promote
true holiness, in the redeemer, God manifest in the flesh. Meditating upon the
cross of Christ gives life to our repentance, love, and gratitude. We live by
him, as our bodies live by our food. We live by him, as the members by the head,
the branches by the root: because he lives we shall live also.