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Time after Pentecost · Proper 14 · Year B

John 6:35-51

I Am the Bread of Life

August 8, 2027

The Gathering of Manna, Francesco Bacchiacca
The Gathering of Manna, Francesco Bacchiacca, c. 1540–55National Gallery of Art, Washington
A small Florentine panel with the Israelites stooping and filling jars across the foreground, every figure borrowed from a different master.I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.Francesco BacchiaccaA Florentine painter of small narrative panels, a magpie who borrowed figures freely from Dürer and Michelangelo.National Gallery of Art, WashingtonGiven to the United States by Andrew Mellon in 1937 on condition it carry no founder's name, so that others would give to it too.National Gallery of Art, Washington
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:35-51Jn 6:35-51
EpistleEph. 4:17-5:2Eph 4:17-5:2
Old Testament1 Kings 19:1-81 Kgs 19:1-8
PsalterPs. 34:1-8Ps 34:1-8

Overview & Insights

"I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger." (John 6:35)

The crowd seeks Jesus after the feeding, and he tells them to work for the food that endures to eternal life. He declares himself the true bread from heaven that God gives for the life of the world.

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Commentary

Commentary on John 6:35, 41-51Commentary on Jn 6:35, 41-51 Working Preacher

The Lutheran home voice offering weekly exegesis of the Bread of Life saying by a named seminary scholar.

John 6 - The Bread of LifeJn 6 - The Bread of Life Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical study of the whole discourse for context around the appointed verses.

John 6:35, 41-51 CommentaryJn 6:35, 41-51 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary reading the manna background behind Jesus as bread from heaven.

John 6:35 CommentariesJn 6:35 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the first of the I am sayings.

John 6:35 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryJn 6:35 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further preaching voice.

John 6 CommentaryJn 6 Commentary Precept Austin

An inductive study page collecting word studies, quotes, and cross references on the chapter.

Background & Word Study

John 6:35 InterlinearJn 6:35 Interlinear BibleHub

The Greek of the Bread of Life saying word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Gospel of John Overview (1-12)Gospel of Jn Overview (1-12) BibleProject

An animated overview of the first half of John that frames the sign and discourse of chapter 6.

The Church Fathers

John 6 (Catena)Jn 6 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse, long heard as teaching on the Eucharist and the incarnate Word.

Podcast

#977: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 19B) – Aug. 11, 2024 Working Preacher (Sermon Brainwave)

Luther Seminary’s homiletics roundtable on this Sunday’s appointed texts, including John 6:35-51.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated image index for this reading across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

The Text This Week: Proper 14B Textweek

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