Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The living bread (o artov o zwn). "The bread the living." Repetition of the claim in 0:0-1:1, but with a slight change from zwhv to zwn (present active participle of zaw). It is alive and can give life. See John 4:10 for living water. In Revelation 1:17 Jesus calls himself the Living One (o zwn).
For ever (eiv ton aiwna). Eternally like aiwnion with zwhn in John 6:47.
I shall give (egw dwsw). Emphasis on egw (I). Superior so to Moses.
Is my flesh (h sarc mou estin). See on John 1:14 for sarc the Incarnation. This new idea creates far more difficulty to the hearers who cannot grasp Christ's idea of self-sacrifice.
For the life of the world (uper thv tou kosmou zwhv). Over, in behalf of, uper means, and in some connexions instead of as in John 11:50. See John 1:30 for the Baptist's picture of Christ as the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. See also John 3:17; John 4:42; I John 3:16; Matthew 20:28; Galatians 3:13; II Corinthians 5:14 f.; Romans 5:8. Jesus has here presented to this Galilean multitude the central fact of his atoning death for the spiritual life of the world.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:51:
John 4:10
John 6:27
John 6:33
John 6:35
John 6:39
John 6:52
John 6:53
John 6:53
John 6:54
John 6:57
John 8:12
Revelation 2:17
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