55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-59)Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of Christ’s condescension that he gave them leave to ask him questions, and did not resent the interruption as an affront, no, not from his common hearers, though not his immediate followers. Those that w…
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