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Jhn 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

living		Jhn 3:13; Jhn 4:10,11; Jhn 7:38; 1Pe 2:4
and the bread		"This was one of the things which the Jews expected from the Messiah, as we learn from Midrash Koheleth. ""Rabbi Berechiah, in the name of Rabbi Issac said, As was the first Redeemer, so also shall be the latter. The first Redeemer made manna descend from heaven, as it is said in Exd 16:4, 'And I will rain bread from heaven for you.' So also the latter Redeemer shall make manna descend, as it is said, Psa 72:16, 'There shall be a handful of corn in the earth.' etc."""
my flesh		Jhn 6:52-57; Mat 20:28; Luk 22:19; Eph 5:2,25; Tts 2:14; Hbr 10:5-12,20
the life		Jhn 6:33; Jhn 1:29; Jhn 3:16; 2Cr 5:19,21; 1Jo 2:2; 1Jo 4:14

Correlating Passages

living

	Jhn 3:13	And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
	Jhn 4:10	Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
	Jhn 4:11	The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
	Jhn 7:38	He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
	1Pe 2:4	To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,

and the bread

	Exd 16:4	Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
	Psa 72:16	There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

my flesh

	Jhn 6:52	The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
	Jhn 6:53	Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
	Jhn 6:54	Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
	Jhn 6:55	For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
	Jhn 6:56	He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
	Jhn 6:57	As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
	Mat 20:28	Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
	Luk 22:19	And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
	Eph 5:2	And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
	Eph 5:25	Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
	Tts 2:14	Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
	Hbr 10:5	Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
	Hbr 10:6	In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
	Hbr 10:7	Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
	Hbr 10:8	Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
	Hbr 10:9	Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
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	Hbr 10:20	By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

the life

	Jhn 6:33	For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
	Jhn 1:29	The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
	Jhn 3:16	For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
	2Cr 5:19	To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
	2Cr 5:21	For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
	1Jo 2:2	And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
	1Jo 4:14	And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

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Scott, Thomas. "John 6:51," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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