John 6:52

50 ^aThis is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

51 I am the living bread ^awhich came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^bthe bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

52 The Jews therefore ^aquarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^ayou eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

54 ^aWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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John 6:52

Verse 52 shows that the Jews again interpret His words in a strictly literal sense: "How can this Man gives us His flesh to eat?" How utterly impossible it is for those who do not believe, who do not "come to Him," to understand the mysteries of salvation! Their hearts are ever ready to quarrel, scoff, and resist.

Jesus does not back down in the face of their scoffing. Instead, He strengthens His statement about eating His flesh by adding that one must also drink His blood! He moves from something that seems foolish to His audience to the outright absurd.

John W. Ritenbaugh
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