(v. 60). He had already portrayed himself as bread that gives life not just for a day but for ever. How is it that feeding on him can give eternal life? Jesus had a shocking answer ready: ‘the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world’ (v. 51). He closed off all other options. There is only one way to receive the life he came to give, and that is by eating and drinking his flesh and blood (v. 53). Jesus’ words clearly point to his willing death. He spoke of