John 6:54
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
54 Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you.
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John 6:54
King James Version
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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John 6:54
English Standard Version
54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (A)has eternal life, and (B)I will raise him up on the last day.
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John 6:54
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
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- 6:54–58 Eats: the verb used in these verses is not the classical Greek verb used of human eating, but that of animal eating: “munch,” “gnaw.” This may be part of John’s emphasis on the reality of the flesh and blood of Jesus (cf. Jn 6:55), but the same verb eventually became the ordinary verb in Greek meaning “eat.”
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