Bible Strands
John 6:35
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus answers a crowd that has just asked him to supply them with bread permanently (6:34). He redirects their request from physical provision to himself.
The words — ἐγὼ εἰμι (egō eimi), "I myself am," pairs the emphatic first-person pronoun with the verb of being to mark a self-identifying declaration rather than a mere description.
The thread — The same formula recurs in John 6:48, and the hunger/thirst pair echoes Isaiah 55:1 and Revelation 22:17, where thirst is met by an open invitation rather than a commodity.
Why it lands — It replaces a transaction (give us bread) with a relationship (come, believe), and stakes the claim on the speaker's identity rather than on a deliverable.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
- Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- John 6:41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
- Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Revelation 7:16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 4:13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,