Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

John 6:57

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

KJV

καθὼς ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ ζῶν πατὴρ κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ὁ τρώγων με κἀκεῖνος ζήσει δι’ ἐμέ.

Greek NT

qui manducat meam carnem et bibit meum sanguinem, in me manet, et ego in illo.

Vulgate

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

ASV

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
κἀκεῖνος
kakeinos
demonstrative · 24×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
τρώγω
trogo
verb · 6×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ζήσει | WH/Treg/NIV: ζήσει | RP: ζήσεται
  • ζήσει — SBLGNT
  • ζήσει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ζήσεται — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1391Holy Communion augments our union with Christ. the principal fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus. Indeed, the Lord said: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him."223 Life in Christ has its foundation in the Eucharistic banquet: "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so h…
§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,…
Is the Body of Christ in this sacrament truly, or figuratively? Do the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after the consecration? Is it annihilated? Is it changed into the body and blood of Christ? Do the accidents remain after the change? Does the substantial form remain there? Is this change instantaneous? Is it more miraculous than any other change?}--> By …
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,…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
  • 1John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
  • 2Cor 5:15 — And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
  • Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Gal 2:20 — 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 fo
  • Gal 2:20 — 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 fo
  • Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
  • John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
  • John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • John 10:36 — Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
  • John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
  • Ps 18:46 — The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.