John:6:35

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rwp @John:6:35 @{I am the bread of life } (\Eg “ eimi ho artos t ˆs z “ˆs \). This sublime sentence was startling in the extreme to the crowd . Philo does compare the manna to the \theios logos \ in an allegorical sense , but this language is far removed from Philo 's vagueness . In the Synoptics (Mark:14:22 ; strkjv @Matthew:26:26 ; strkjv @Luke:22:19 |) Jesus uses bread (\artos \) as the symbol of his body in the Lord 's Supper , but here Jesus offers himself in place of the loaves and fishes which they had come to seek (24 ,26 |). He is the bread of life in two senses : it has life in itself , the living bread (51 |), and it gives life to others like the water of life , the tree of life . John often has Jesus saying "I am " (\eg “ eimi \). As also in strkjv @6:41 ,48 ,51 ; strkjv @8:12 ; strkjv @10:7 ,9 ,11 ,14 ; strkjv @11:25 ; strkjv @14:6 ; strkjv @15:1 ,5 |. {He that cometh to me } (\ho erchomenos pros eme \). The first act of the soul in approaching Jesus . See also verse 37 |. {Shall not hunger } (\ou m ˆ peinas ˆi \). Strong double negative \ou me \ with first aorist (ingressive ) active subjunctive , "shall not become hungry ." {He that believeth on me } (\ho pisteu “n eis eme \). The continuous relation of trust after coming like \pisteu ˆte \ (present tense ) in verse 29 |. See both verbs used together also in strkjv @7:37f |. {Shall never thirst } (\ou m ˆ dips ˆsei p “pote \). Songs:the old MSS . the future active indicative instead of the aorist subjunctive as above , an even stronger form of negation with \p “pote \ (1:18 |) added .

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