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John’s Gospel: Drinking Jesus’ Blood, Part 2

The meaning of “blood” Jesus said, (John 6:53-56 ESV)  53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: Drinking Jesus’ Blood, Part 1

[This may be a little redundant, but nothing I’ve said on chapter 6 to this point requires that we drink blood. I just have this nagging feeling that I’ve been missing something.] The Law of Moses anticipated that, in the … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: Chapter 6 — A Note on Communion

Please forgive the following rant. But I’m just so tired of shallow commentaries that don’t listen to what Jesus is saying. Jesus’ difficult statements in John 6 about eating his flesh and drinking his blood have normally been interpreted as though … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:66-71 (“Do you want to go away as well?”)

(John 6:66 ESV)  66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. The traditional interpretation is that the disciples left Jesus because they thought he was teaching cannibalism or some such thing. And to … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:64-65 (“no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father”)

(John 6:64-65 ESV)  64 “But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)  65 And he said, “This … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:52-63 (“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”)

(John 6:47-51 ESV)  47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.  48 I am the bread of life.  49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.  50 This is the bread that … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:41-46 (“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph?”)

(John 6:41-42 ESV)  41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”  42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:36-40 (“All that the Father gives me.”)

(John 6:36-37 ESV)  36 “But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.  37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:15-35 (“I am the bread of life.”)

(John 6:15 ESV)  15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. Many of the Jews were desperately unhappy with Roman rule. Moreover, … Continue reading

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John’s Gospel: 6:1-14 (“This is indeed the Prophet”)

(John 6:1-3 ESV) After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.  2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing … Continue reading

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