^6:58This⁹² is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors⁹³ ate, but then later died.⁹⁴ The one who eats⁹⁵ this bread will live forever.”

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Footnotes

92 Or “This one.”
93 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
94 Grk “This is the bread that came down from heaven, not just like your ancestors ate and died.” The cryptic Greek expression has been filled out in the translation for clarity.
95 Or “who chews.” On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esthiō, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trōgō, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) see the note on “eats” in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your ancestors ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

KJV 1900King James Version

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

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