Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
What does John 6:47 mean?
The advantage of the manna was small, it only referred to this life; but the living Bread is so excellent, that the man who feedeth on it shall never die.
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Keep this verse inside John 6:47-48 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you,.... This is a certain truth, and to be depended on: he that believeth on me hath everlasting life; not only he may have it, as in John 6:40 , and shall have it, but he has it; he has it in Christ, his head and representative; he has it in the covenant of grace; he has it in faith and hope; he has a right unto it, and a meetness for it; he has the earnest of it, the grace and Spirit of God; and he has the beginning and foretastes of it in his soul, and shall certainly enjoy it.
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John 6 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as conflict and witness. John presents Jesus in contemplative, symbolic, and theological richness as the Word, Lamb, Light, Bread, Shepherd, Resurrection, Way, Vine, and Son. Read this chapter with the wider themes of incarnation, life, and light in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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