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George Lamsa Translation

John 6:48

I am the bread of life.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Manna;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bread of Life;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Food, Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Life;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shewbread;   Titles and Names of Christ;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eating;   Manna;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ancestors;   Bread;   Lord's supper;   Manna;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   God;   Jesus Christ;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Shewbread;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   John, the Gospel of;   Life;   Manna;   Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament;   Temptation of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John, Theology of;   Moses;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Christ in Art;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Eternal Life (2);   Fellowship (2);   Goodness;   Influence;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Meals;   Ministry;   Mission;   Moses ;   Popularity ;   Presence (2);   Prophet;   Resurrection of the Dead;   Sacrifice (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Son of God;   Worldliness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Day;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bread;   Christ;   Eating;   Manna;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jesus christ;   Manna;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lord's Supper;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Judas Iscariot;   Logos;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Manna;   Spiritual Meat;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am the bread of life.
King James Version (1611)
I am that bread of life.
King James Version
I am that bread of life.
English Standard Version
I am the bread of life.
New American Standard Bible
"I am the bread of life.
New Century Version
I am the bread that gives life.
Amplified Bible
"I am the Bread of Life [the Living Bread which gives and sustains life].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I am the bread of life.
Legacy Standard Bible
I am the bread of life.
Berean Standard Bible
I am the bread of life.
Contemporary English Version
I am the bread that gives life!
Complete Jewish Bible
I am the bread which is life.
Darby Translation
I am the bread of life.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am the bread that gives life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I am that bread of life.
Good News Translation
I am the bread of life.
Lexham English Bible
I am the bread of life.
Literal Translation
I am the Bread of life.
American Standard Version
I am the bread of life.
Bible in Basic English
I am the bread of life.
Hebrew Names Version
I am the bread of life.
International Standard Version
I am the bread of life.John 6:33,35;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
I am the bread of life.
Murdock Translation
I am the bread of life.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am that bread of lyfe.
English Revised Version
I am the bread of life.
World English Bible
I am the bread of life.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and yet died.
Weymouth's New Testament
I am the bread of Life.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y am breed of lijf.
Update Bible Version
I am the bread of life.
Webster's Bible Translation
I am that bread of life.
New English Translation
I am the bread of life.
New King James Version
I am the bread of life.
New Living Translation
Yes, I am the bread of life!
New Life Bible
I am the Bread of Life.
New Revised Standard
I am the bread of life.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I am the bread of life: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the bread of life.
Revised Standard Version
I am the bread of life.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I am that breed of lyfe.
Young's Literal Translation
I am the bread of the life;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am that bred of life.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I am the bread of life,
Simplified Cowboy Version
I am the bread of life.

Contextual Overview

28 They said to him, What shall we do to work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you should believe in him whom he has sent. 30 They said to him, What miracle do you perform that we may see and believe in you? What have you performed? 31 Our forefathers ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who has come down from heaven, and gives life to the 34 They said to him, Our Lord, give us this bread always. 35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I have said to you, that you have seen me and yet you do not believe. 37 Everyone whom my Father has given me shall come to me; and he who comes to me, I will not cast him out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 6:33-35, John 6:41, John 6:51, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 10:17, 1 Corinthians 11:24, 1 Corinthians 11:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:9 - tree of life Genesis 3:22 - eat Psalms 22:26 - The meek Psalms 105:40 - bread Isaiah 55:2 - eat Matthew 5:6 - for Mark 14:22 - take John 6:35 - I am Revelation 2:17 - to eat

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am that bread of life. :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am that bread of life - My doctrines and the benefits of my mediation are that real support of spiritual life of which the manna in the wilderness was the faint emblem. See John 6:32-33.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 48. I am that bread of life. — I alone afford, by my doctrine and Spirit, that nourishment by which the soul is saved unto life eternal.


 
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