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- Both individually and collectively, the concepts of faith, (eternal) life, and the Spirit represent the key components by which the Gospel of John articulates its understanding of soteriology, that is, how God offers salvation in and through Jesus.
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Aug 21, 2024 · In this article, we explore John 6:35, where Jesus declares, “I am the bread of life.” Discover how this profound statement impacts our understanding of spiritual sustenance and divine provision in our daily lives.
This paper explores the Bread of Life discourse in John 6:25-51, emphasizing Jesus’ portrayal within the context of Jewish culture and festivals. By examining the Jewish elements of the Gospel of John, particularly the role of Jewish feasts, the study aims to illuminate the significance of Jesus’ actions and teachings.
- Jake Porter
Sometimes people follow Jesus for merely selfish reasons (because Jesus gave them physical bread, for example), but true disciples must look beyond the physical blessings to hunger for spiritual life, eternal life (6:26-27).
- Introduction
- Catching Up with Jesus
- Politically Incorrect
- Doing and Believing
- Christ’s Corrections
- Jesus Defines “Bread” and Explains Jewish Unbelief
- Grumbling Against Jesus
- The Real Mission of Jesus
- Another “Exodus”: A Parting of Jesus’ Disciples
- Conclusion
I know what its like to get excited about “free bread.” A few years ago, my brother Dan was visiting us over the Christmas holidays. On Christmas eve, we went to a nearby Safeway grocery store to purchase a few last-minute items, knowing all the stores would be closed on Christmas day. When we got to the checkout counter, I thought I overheard the ...
22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So w...
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted. 27 Do not work35for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to et...
28 So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?” 29 Jesus replied, “This is [God’s work:38 so that you]39 believe in the one whom he sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert, ju...
32 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth,41it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Our Lord’s words must be carefully considered, because they set forth a number of correct...
34 So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time!” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe. 37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who co...
41 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” 42 and they started saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven?” 43 Jesus replied, “Do not complain about me to one another. 44 No o...
52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat!” 53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will ra...
Why the Jews Could Not Stomach the Bread of Heaven 59 Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, “This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”49 61 Because Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, “Does...
In the unfolding drama of John’s Gospel, John chapter 6 is a watershed. Jesus has not only been rejected by the Jewish religious leaders in Jerusalem (chapter 5), He has now been rejected by the masses in Galilee, those who a few hours before would have made Him king by force. Is this not a preview of what will take place just a year later, when ou...
Aug 5, 2021 · A series of Sunday gospels from Mark is interrupted in year B by a collection of readings from chapter 6 of John’s Gospel, in which Jesus speaks of himself as ‘the bread of life’. Peter Edmonds SJ takes us through this section of John’s Gospel and explains how it functions as a homily, referring to and weaving together a rich assortment ...
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven: Jesus tried to lift their minds above earthly things and on to heavenly realities; to an understanding that He is necessary for spiritual life just as bread is necessary for physical survival.
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Jul 26, 2016 · John’s major themes in his gospel are “life” and “light”. The word “life” occurs 36 times, and the word “light” occurs at least 15 times in John’s gospel. I. JESUS CHRIST: “The Life” (verse 4)
