King James Version
What Does John 6:47 Mean?
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
Context
45
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48
I am that bread of life.
49
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(47) **He that believeth.**—This thought gives a new force to what He has said in John 6:40. He there declared the Father’s will, that every one seeing the Son and believing on Him may have eternal life. No man had ever seen the Father, but the Son was then standing in human form before them, and this will was being accomplished, and for the believer eternal life was not only of the future but of the actual present, “He hath eternal life.” (Comp. John 3:15; John 5:24.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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