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and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day. <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day, <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Anyone who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day, <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day. <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will bring them back to life on the last day. <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day. <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day, <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Whoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> he who is eating My flesh, and is drinking My blood, has continuous life, and I will raise him up in the last day; <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The one eating My flesh and drinking My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day. <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day; <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He chewing my flesh, and drinking my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 6:55>Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He who eats of my body, and drinks of my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him at the last day. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “But whoever eats of my body and drinks of my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him in the last day.” <div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood, has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day; <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood has eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him up on the last day. <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/6-54.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2145" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a> …53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. 54<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">Whoever</a> <a href="/greek/5176.htm" title="5176: trōgōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To eat, partake of a meal. ">eats</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarka (N-AFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">flesh</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pinōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">drinks</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haima (N-ANS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echei (V-PIA-3S) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">has</a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōnion (Adj-AFS) -- From aion; perpetual.">eternal</a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōēn (N-AFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">life,</a> <a href="/greek/2504.htm" title="2504: kagō (PPro-N1S) -- To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.">and I</a> <a href="/greek/450.htm" title="450: anastēsō (V-FIA-1S) -- To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.">will raise him up</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">at the</a> <a href="/greek/2078.htm" title="2078: eschatē (Adj-DFS) -- Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.">last</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-DFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day.</a> 55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/john/5-24.htm">John 5:24</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a> Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” <a href="/1_john/5-11.htm">1 John 5:11-12</a> And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. / Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a> We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a> And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a> But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a> When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm">2 Corinthians 4:14</a> knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence. <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Colossians 2:12-13</a> And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. / When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, <a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a> When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:14</a> For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. <a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7</a> He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a> And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. <a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Genesis 2:9</a> Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.eateth.<a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27,40,63</a> Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed… <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a> But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.<a href="/psalms/22-26.htm">Psalm 22:26</a> The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.hath.<a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39,40,47</a> And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-47.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/john/6-47.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/john/4-13.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/luke/15-2.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/john/6-51.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/john/6-47.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Life</a> <a href="/john/6-44.htm">Raise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-68.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/john/6-56.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/6-63.htm">Life</a> <a href="/john/12-17.htm">Raise</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div>1. <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a> 15. <a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a> 16. <a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a> 26. <a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a> 32. <a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a> 66. <a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a> 68. <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a> 70. <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood This phrase is central to understanding the sacramental theology of the Eucharist or Communion. In the context of <a href="/john/6.htm">John 6</a>, Jesus is speaking to a Jewish audience familiar with the Passover meal, which involved the eating of sacrificial lamb. The language of eating flesh and drinking blood would have been shocking, as consuming blood was strictly forbidden in Jewish law (<a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10-14</a>). However, Jesus uses this metaphor to indicate a deeper spiritual truth about participating in His life and sacrifice. This phrase foreshadows the Last Supper, where Jesus institutes the New Covenant in His blood (<a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19-20</a>). It also connects to the idea of Jesus as the Bread of Life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>), emphasizing the necessity of a personal, sustaining relationship with Him.has eternal life Eternal life is a key theme in the Gospel of John, signifying not just an unending existence but a quality of life that begins now and continues into eternity. This life is characterized by a relationship with God through Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a>). The present tense "has" indicates that eternal life is a current possession for believers, not just a future promise. This assurance is rooted in the believer's union with Christ, as symbolized by the eating and drinking metaphor. The concept of eternal life is also linked to the promises of the Old Testament, where life and blessing are associated with obedience to God (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19-20</a>).and I will raise him up at the last day The promise of resurrection is a cornerstone of Christian hope. Jesus assures believers of their future resurrection, which is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies such as <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a>. The "last day" refers to the eschatological culmination of history, when Christ will return to judge the living and the dead (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a>). This promise is reiterated multiple times in <a href="/john/6.htm">John 6</a> (verses 39, 40, 44), emphasizing its importance. The resurrection is both a physical and spiritual reality, affirming the Christian belief in the bodily resurrection of the dead. This assurance provides comfort and motivation for believers to live faithfully in anticipation of Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is teaching about the necessity of spiritual sustenance through Him. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples_and_followers.htm">Disciples and Followers</a> Those who are listening to Jesus' teaching, including His disciples and the broader group of followers. 3. <a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a> The location where Jesus delivered this discourse, often considered His base during His Galilean ministry. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_last_day.htm">The Last Day</a> Refers to the eschatological event when believers will be resurrected and receive eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a> Just as physical food sustains our bodies, Jesus' sacrifice sustains our spiritual lives. Believers are called to continually partake in the spiritual nourishment that comes from a relationship with Christ. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_eucharist.htm">Symbolism of the Eucharist</a> The act of eating Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood is symbolic of the deep, abiding relationship believers have with Him, often commemorated in the practice of Communion. <a href="/topical/p/promise_of_resurrection.htm">Promise of Resurrection</a> Jesus assures believers of their resurrection and eternal life, providing hope and assurance for the future. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a> True faith in Christ involves obedience to His teachings and a commitment to live in accordance with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a> <a href="/q/why_many_bible_interpretations.htm">Why did Jesus instruct eating His flesh and blood?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_deepen_my_catholic_faith.htm">How can I deepen my Catholic faith?</a> <a href="/q/does_blood_sustain_life.htm">Is life sustained by the presence of blood?</a> <a href="/q/interpret_'eat_flesh,_drink_blood'_command.htm">John 6:53-56: How should we interpret the command to eat Jesus's flesh and drink his blood, considering it seems at odds with both moral and dietary laws?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(54) Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood.--The thought advances from the negative to the positive. The previous verse stated the condition without which they could not have life. This verse declares that they who thus eat and drink possess that life now, and that it is eternal. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/6-47.htm" title="Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on me has everlasting life.">John 6:47</a>.) The thought advances, too, from the "ye" of those immediately addressed to the "whoso," which has no limit but the fulfilment of the condition. The word for "eateth" is a stronger word than that before used, meaning literally the act of dividing the food by the teeth; but this meaning is not to be pressed. It is simply the present tense, which describes the process of eating, and is the same word which is used in <a href="/context/john/6-56.htm" title="He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.">John 6:56-58</a>, and in <a href="/john/13-18.htm" title="I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.">John 13:18</a>. The sense of the word in the only other place in the New Testament where it occurs (<a href="/matthew/24-38.htm" title="For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,">Matthew 24:38</a>) confirms this.And I will raise him up at the last day.--The thought of the eternal life, which is the present possession of the spirit in communion with God, leads on once again to the fuller expansion of that life in the final victory over death. (Comp. <a href="/john/6-40.htm" title="And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.">John 6:40</a>; <a href="/john/6-44.htm" title="No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.">John 6:44</a>.) . . . <a href="/commentaries/john/6-54.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Whoever ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. eats τρώγων (trōgōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5176.htm">Strong's 5176: </a> To eat, partake of a meal. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. flesh σάρκα (sarka) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. drinks πίνων (pinōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. blood αἷμα (haima) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. has ἔχει (echei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. eternal αἰώνιον (aiōnion) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. life, ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. and I κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2504.htm">Strong's 2504: </a> To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. will raise him up ἀναστήσω (anastēsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_450.htm">Strong's 450: </a> To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up. at the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. last ἐσχάτῃ (eschatē) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2078.htm">Strong's 2078: </a> Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final. day. ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/6-54.htm">John 6:54 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/6-54.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:54 He who eats my flesh and drinks (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/6-53.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:53"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:53" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/6-55.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:55"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:55" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>