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John 6:55 Cross-References
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“For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”
John 6:55 (KJV)
Commentary on John 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. The Greek 'alēthēs' (true/real) modifies both 'food' and 'drink,' contrasting true spiritual nourishment with all counterfeits. This is not metaphorical food but true food—Christ Himself is the real, substantial nourishment souls need. Physical food and drink merely sustain biological life temporarily; Christ sustains eternal life definitively. Reformed soteriology emphasizes that all religious activity, moral effort, and covenant privilege are false foods that cannot nourish the soul. Only Christ Himself, appropriated by faith, provid...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for John 6:55
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“Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.,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.,,,,,,,,”
“you will be free indeed.”
“If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.,Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;,,,,,,,,”
“That was the true Light”
“and said about him”
“more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.”
“and of the true tabernacle”
“and has given us an understanding”