John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to the Jewish crowd in the synagogue at Capernaum (John 6:59), at the climax of the Bread of Life discourse, having just contrasted the manna with himself (v. 49–50).

The words — ζῶν (zōn), present active participle of ζάω, "living," marks the bread as alive in contrast to the dead manna of verse 49.

The thread — The same "given for" language appears in Luke 22:19 ("This is My body, given for you") and Titus 2:14 ("He gave Himself for us"), and John 6:33 already framed the bread as giving life to the world.

Why it lands — The verse forces a binary: receive Christ's flesh as the means of eternal life, or reject it, as the Jews do in the very next verse.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Luke 22:19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Hebrews 10:20 by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!