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Pentecost Season · Proper 16 · Year B

John 6:56-69

The Words of Eternal Life

August 22, 2027

The Institution of the Eucharist, Giandomenico Tiepolo
The Institution of the Eucharist, Giandomenico Tiepolo, 1778Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Tiepolo's son paints the supper in a shallow lit space, the host raised at the centre with the apostles pressed close around the table.Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.Giandomenico TiepoloSon of Giambattista, who worked alongside his father for years and then produced a private series of frescoes about Venetian decline.Gallerie dell'Accademia, VeniceVenice's own collection of Venetian painting, in a former church and convent complex at the foot of the wooden bridge.Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:56-69Jn 6:56-69
EpistleEph. 6:10-20Eph 6:10-20
Old Testament1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-431 Kgs 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43Alt. OTJosh. 24:1-2a, 14-18Jos 24:1-2a, 14-18
PsalterPs. 84Ps 84Alt. PsalmPs. 34:15-22Ps 34:15-22

Overview & Insights

"Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68)

As the bread of life discourse ends, many disciples find the teaching too hard and turn away; when Jesus asks the Twelve if they also wish to go, Peter confesses that Jesus alone has the words of eternal life.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on John 6:56-69Working Preacher: Commentary on Jn 6:56-69 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Peter's confession for Year B, Proper 16.

Enduring Word: John 6Enduring Word: Jn 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: John 6 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Jn 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Deep study page gathering many conservative commentators on John 6.

BibleHub: Commentaries on John 6:56BibleHub: Commentaries on Jn 6:56 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to abiding through eating and drinking.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Gospel of John (Chapters 1-12) OverviewBibleProject: Gospel of Jn (Chapters 1-12) Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the first half of John, including the bread of life discourse.

BibleHub: John 6 InterlinearBibleHub: Jn 6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of John 6.

The Church Fathers

Catena: John 6Catena: Jn 6 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on John 6.

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The Lectionary Page: Proper 16B The Lectionary Page

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Podcast

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Art & Music

Vanderbilt: Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

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Study Hub

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