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.
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Gill's Exposition
For my flesh is meat indeed,.... Not in a corporeal, but in a spiritual sense; and the same is said of his blood:
and my blood is drink indeed, &c. that is, they are both "truly" meat and drink, as…
In these verses Jesus repeats what he had in substance said before. Except ye eat the flesh ... - He did not mean that this should be understood literally, for it was never done, and it is absurd to…
Adam Clarke
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man - Unless ye be made partakers of the blessings about to be purchased by my blood, passion, and violent death, ye cannot be saved. As a man must eat bread and…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Then said Jesus Better, Therefore said Jesus:see on Joh 6:6.
and drink his blood Christ not only accepts what they have added to His words, but still further startles them by telling them that they…
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