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John 6:35 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for John 6:35 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 6 verse 35 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
John 6:35 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 6:35
This verse constitutes the first major 'I am' statement in John's Gospel. Jesus declares ego eimi ho artos tes zoes - employing the sacred formula ego eimi that echoes YHWH's self-revelation in Exodus 3:14. The metaphor of 'bread' would resonate powerfully following the feeding of five thousand (6:1-15), but Jesus transforms physical imagery into spiritual reality. The genitive construction 'bread of life' indicates not merely bread that gives life but bread that is life itself. The dual promises - 'shall never hunger' and 'shall never thirst' - use emphatic double negatives (ou me) in Greek, ...
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Cross-References for John 6:35
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“I am that bread of life.”
“because he said”
“Come! He who hears”
“everyone who thirsts”
“even by springs of water he will guide them.”
“Jesus stood and cried out”
“neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them”
“Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,,Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:,,,,,,,,”
“that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.”