King James Version
John 6:57 in the King James Version says “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.” — study this verse from John chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”
John 6:57 · KJV
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
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.
These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hath sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“and I”
G2504so also the dative case ????? <pronunciation strongs="kam-oy'"/>, and accusative case ???? <pronunciation strongs="kam-eh'"/> and (or also, even, etc.
“so”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he that eateth”
G5176or perhaps rather of a base of g5167 and g5149 through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e., (generally) to eat
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