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Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6:33

In 9 translations

BSB
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
KJV
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
WEB
For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”
ASV
For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
LSV
for the bread of God is Him coming down out of Heaven, and giving life to the world.”
YLT
for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'
DBY
For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.Elohim
DRC
For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.
GNV
For the breade of God is hee which commeth downe from heauen, and giueth life vnto the world.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ.
RP2018
Ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ.
SCR1894
ο γαρ αρτος του θεου εστιν ο καταβαινων εκ του ουρανου και ζωην διδους τω κοσμω

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
  • John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  • John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  • John 6:50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
  • 1 John 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life. And this is the life that was revealed; we…
  • John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
  • 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
  • John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
  • John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  • John 6:48I am the bread of life.

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