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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:48

I am the bread of life.For discussion of Christ as the bread of life see under John 6:32,33,51. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:49

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea, and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.These verses are a recapitulation of the Lord's teachings in John 6:32-33, and with the additional new element regarding his crucifixion, that is, giving "his... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:52

The Jews therefore strove with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?How ... ? This is the usual question of unbelief; see under John 3:9. What Jesus meant by this was the soul's appreciating and assimilating the benefits derived from his death upon the cross. Christ is to the soul what food and drink are to the body. Without food and drink, the body dies; without Christ the soul dies. Any Christian who has for a lifetime studied the Holy Scriptures in their reference... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:53

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.Far from modifying the startling metaphor Jesus had adopted, he extended and restated it dogmatically. Taken literally, the passage would be cannibalistic and repulsive, thus requiring a spiritual understanding of it. It is a metaphorical reference to the soul-saving benefit procured on behalf of the human family by Christ's atoning death... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:54

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up, at the last day.Is there any reference here to the Lord's Supper? With due deference to the screams of outrage marking the reaction of most modern commentators to such a question, it is the positive certainty of this interpreter that such a reference to the Lord's Supper is surely here. Our Lord said of the bread and the wine in the Lord's Supper, "This is my body ... this is my blood"; and there is no... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:55

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.The soul's true and only food leading to eternal life is the body given and the blood shed by Christ, hence the soul's true food and drink. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:56

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.Abideth in me ... brings into view the spiritual body of the Lord, which is his church, and the eating and drinking of his flesh and blood is a reference to serving Christ within that body, including the faithful observance of his commands relative to the Lord's Supper.In me ... The implications of this tiny prepositional phrase are perhaps the profoundest in the entire Bible. In Paul's writings, this phrase, or its... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:57

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he shall also live because of me.Eating Christ is a metaphor for accepting the whole system of Christianity in faith and obedience. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:58

This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.This and the preceding verse are a repetition for the sake of emphasis of the words in John 6:31-35, which see. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:59

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.Earlier in this chapter, it was noted that the discussions were brought on by the fourth sign at Bethsaida Julius. When they tried to make Jesus king, he left them and returned to the western shore where some of them followed him. Apparently some of the discussions were held outside (John 6:25-40), then continued before the rulers of the synagogue inside that edifice at Capernaum (John 6:41-59). read more

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