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The Dispute (v.52)
Verse 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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Verse 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 you.
Verse 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Verse 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
Verse 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
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A Question from man (v.60)
2. Questions from Christ (v.61-67)
3. The Response (v.68-71)
Verse 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
Background
In the beginning of John chapter 6, we see Jesus going away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee to Tiberias.
There He had fed a large crowd of about 5000 with only five barley loaves and two fish.
This happened while the Passover was at hand.
This was a miracle and the people responded in verse 14.
Afterwards they tried to take Jesus by force and make Him King.
But He withdrew to the mountain by Himself.
The disciples during the evening would get into the boat to cross the sea.
Jesus would appear to them while walking on water.
He would then enter the boat and sail with them to Galilee.
This happening at around 3:00AM to 6:00AM, most likely to keep the crowds from following them.
The next day, the crowds that were fed would seek Jesus and sail to where He was.
Jesus exposed their issue here in explaining to them that their seeking Him was not for salvation but rather to fill their stomachs.
Right after this they would ask for a sign which according to the previous passages and afterwards, is not a good sign.
The sign they asked for can be found in verses 30 to 31.
This was the sign they were looking for.
It wasn’t Christ who was bread from heaven.
They only sought the same bread that their father’s ate.
Proving again what Jesus had said from the beginning.
They were looking for their fill of the loaves rather than the bread of life.
That they were looking for their fill of the loaves rather than the bread of life.
This is the basis of why Jesus is saying what He is saying here.
He is responding to what they needed not what they wanted.
They needed saving but they only knew of their hunger for bread that would perish.
The Passover was upon them and He would speak in passover language to reveal who He was.
Prior to our passage Jesus called Himself:
the Son of Man (v.27)
the true bread from heaven (v.32)
the Bread of Life (v.35)
the One is from God and has seen the Father (v.46)
the living Bread that came down from heaven (v.51)
He then continues to say that the bread He spoke of was His flesh (v.51)
the
Then, we see in verse 52 that the Jews disputed among themselves over what Jesus had said about His flesh.
He began to speak of Himself as the living bread that if eaten, would give eternal life.
And it is important to note verse 44 where it speaks about coming to Christ as a work of the Father.
We also know that believing in Christ is a the work of God.
This is how someone eats.
By believing in Christ.
But believing in Christ cannot happen apart from God granting one belief which He works in the hearts of those He chooses.
Jesus continued with speaking of His flesh as bread by using passover language to describe Himself.
And Jesus
Question: What do I mean by passover language?
The passover was a major festival held in the spring to commemorate Israel’s deliverance from Egypt where the people of God sacrificed a lamb.
In , we see instruction given to the people of Israel to put the blood of the lamb on their homes to avoid death.
ESV11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.
And you shall eat it in haste.
It is the Lord’s Passover.
THen
After using the blood of the lamb on their door posts to avoid death, the people of Isreal were instructed to eat of it.
Leaving none of it after.
Then the people of Isreal were instructed to eat of it.
Leaving none of it afterwards.
Jesus spoke of Himself this way and the Jews disputed among themselves over what Jesus said about Himself.
This is why Jesus spoke of eating of His flesh and drinking of His blood.
He spoke in covenant terms about His flesh and blood.
As He called Himself bread which did not mean that His body was literally a loaf of bread, so He would speak about His body and blood not literally being what they should eat and drink physically.
But it was what they should eat and drink spiritually.
It was meant to speak of the new covenant that was promised by the Prophets.
The words He spoke we see in verse 63,
Here, He was speaking about belief which is how one receives eternal life.
Jesus was saying this in the synagogue in Capernaum and not only did the Jews dispute and grumble over this, many of His own disciples spoke of it as a hard saying.
Outline
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A Question from man (v.60)
2. Questions from Christ (v.61-67)
3. The Response (v.68-71)
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A Question from man (v.60)
Read Verse 60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”
Question: So what was hard about what Jesus had said in this passage?
Verse 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died.
Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
A hard saying here is meant to mean difficult.
It also meant to say that something was strong.
Like something with a strong taste that is hard to consume.
Verse 60 mentions his disciples.
Which are those who considered themselves to be under His teachings.
This was not only the twelve but those who followed Him and were taught by Him.
Which were many according to what we see later.
But the question was asked by them, “who can listen to it?”
The important part of this question is found in the word listen.
Which means not only to hear but to understand and comprehend.
The important
Question: Who can understand what Jesus is saying?
With Jesus using bread to explain who He was, we can also ask, “Who can eat?” or “Who can drink?”
Which is what believing means.
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