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John 6:35

John 6:35
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But I said unto you,.... The substance of what follows in Joh 6:26 though the Persic and Ethiopic versions render it, "I say unto you"; and so refers not to anything before said, but to what he was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I am the bread of life - I am the support of spiritual life; or my doctrines will give life and peace to the soul. Shall never hunger - See the notes at Joh 4:14.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I am the bread of life - That is, the bread which gives life, and preserves from death.

He that cometh to me - The person who receives my doctrine, and believes in me as the great atoning sacrifice,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 6:28-59

Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Identification of the Spiritual Bread with Christ

35. I am the bread of life. The pronoun is very emphatic: comp. Joh 4:26. As in Joh 5:30, He passes from the third to the first person. -Bread of…