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.
KJV
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἀπέθανον· ὁ τρώγων τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον ζήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Greek NT
Sicut misit me vivens Pater, et ego vivo propter Patrem : et qui manducat me, et ipse vivet propter me.
Vulgate
This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
ASV
As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
τρώγω
trogo
verb · 6×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐξ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξ | RP: ἐκ τοῦ
- ἐξ — SBLGNT
- ἐξ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκ τοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πατέρες | WH/Treg/NA: πατέρες | NIV/RP: + ὑμῶν τὸ μάννα
- πατέρες — SBLGNT
- πατέρες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
- + ὑμῶν τὸ μάννα — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
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
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1509"Heal the sick!"120 The Church has received this charge from the Lord and strives to carry it out by taking care of the sick as well as by accompanying them with her prayer of intercession. She believes in the life-giving presence of Christ, the physician of souls and bodies. This presence is particularly active through the sacraments, and in an altogether special way through t…
§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,…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Exod 16:15 — And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
- John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 6:31 — Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- John 6:31 — Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- John 6:32 — Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
- John 6:41 — The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
- John 6:47 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
- John 6:50 — This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- 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:)