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58 This[a] is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors[b] ate, but then later died.[c] The one who eats[d] this bread will live forever.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:58 tn Or “This one.”
  2. John 6:58 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
  3. John 6:58 tn Grk “This is the bread that came down from heaven, not just like your ancestors ate and died.” The cryptic Greek expression has been filled out in the translation for clarity.
  4. John 6:58 tn Or “who chews.” On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esthiō, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trōgō, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) see the note on “eats” in v. 54.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

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