John 6:51-57
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[51] I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." [52] The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" [53] Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves. [54] He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. [55] For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageCapernaum, on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, was Jesus’ Galilean ministry base; John places this bread-of-life discourse in its synagogue. Tiberias, a nearby lakeside city, helps locate the preceding feeding and crossing, which frame Jesus’ teaching about receiving his life-giving sacrifice by faith.
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John 6:51-57 mentions Capernaum, Sea of Galilee and Tiberias.
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