John 6:50
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
KJV
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνων, ἵνα τις ἐξ αὐτοῦ φάγῃ καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ.
Greek NT
Hic est panis de cælo descendens : ut si quis ex ipso manducaverit, non moriatur.
Vulgate
This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
ASV
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven: that if any man eat of it, he may not die.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
1. When we converse of spiritual things, let there be nothing secular in our souls, nothing earthy, let all such thoughts retire, and be banished, and let us be entirely given up to the hearing the divine oracles only. For if at the arrival of a king all confusion is driven away, much more when the Spirit speaks with us do we need great stillness, great awe. And worthy of awe i…
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 19.—Of Those Who Promise Impunity from All Sins Even to Heretics, Through Virtue of Their Participation of the Body of Christ. So, too, there are others who promise this deliverance from eternal punishment, not, indeed, to all men, but only to those who have been washed in Christian baptism, and who become partakers of the body of Christ, no matter how they have lived, …
Chapter 25.—Whether Those Who Received Heretical Baptism, and Have Afterwards Fallen Away to Wickedness of Life; Or Those Who Have Received Catholic Baptism, But Have Afterwards Passed Over to Heresy and Schism; Or Those Who Have Remained in the Catholic Church in Which They Were Baptized, But Have Continued to Live Immorally,—May Hope Through the Virtue of the Sacraments for t…
Q. What does it mean to eat the crucified body of Christ and to drink his poured-out blood? A. It means to accept with a believing heart the entire suffering and death of Christ and thereby to receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life. But it means more. Through the Holy Spirit, who lives both in Christ and in us, we are united more and more to Christ's blessed body. And so,…
The manna in the wilderness was bread from heaven, but it was a type and shadow — those who ate it still died. The bread that Christ gives is His own body, the true bread from heaven, and whoever eats it will live forever. Ambrose also points to the offering of Melchizedek, who brought bread and wine to Abraham, as a prophetic figure of the Eucharistic sacrifice.
Cross-references
- Eph 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
- John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
- John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
- John 6:42 — And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
- John 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 6:58 — 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.
- John 8:51 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 8:51 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 11:26 — And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- Luke 22:16 — For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
- Matt 22:4 — Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Ps 133:3 — As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Rom 8:10 — And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
- Rom 10:6 — But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)