“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
Jesus said, 'I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.' — the transition to chapter 6 marks a shift in setting and discourse theme. The 'I am' statement (ego eimi) with predicate ('the bread of life') is the first such declaration in John. Living bread contrasts with manna, which sustained but could not prevent death. The gift of flesh (sarx) anticipates the Eucharist and the Incarnation itself.
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