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John
6:51-58
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
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"Supper & Eucharist," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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XVIX.43-52;
Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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Chapter
XVI, On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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I.6,
Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter XIII,
On the Flesh of Christ,
Tertullian (c.
211) |
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Chapter
XXXVII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.III,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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VI.26,
X.13,
Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St.
Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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XI.14,
XII.5,
XII.33,
Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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On the
Lord's Prayer --
Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 252) |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John:
Tractate XXVI
(6:41-59). |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
 | "Flesh cannot make a
difference between fleshly eating, which is done by the help of the
teeth, and spiritual eating, which consists in faith: and therefore
it condemns that which it does not understand: yet nonetheless, the
truth must be preached and taught." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "We partake of Christ and his
benefits by faith. The soul that rightly knows its state and wants,
finds whatever can calm the conscience, and promote true holiness,
in the redeemer, God manifest in the flesh." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "We keep his doctrine by
believing, his promises by hoping, his command by obeying." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...when He added that they
"had no life in them unless they thus ate and
drank," it was impossible they should think He meant that the
temporal
life they were then living was dependent on their eating and
drinking, in this gross sense, His flesh and blood." |
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| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Whosoever by faith trusts in
the death of Christ and is "baptized into his death" (Rom.
6:3), spiritually partakes of the body and blood of Christ. So
does he also who eats in loving remembrance of him the emblems that
represent his body and blood." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost 11,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Ultimately all hunger cries
out for satisfaction and the oldest Jesus traditions report the
promise and agenda of the kingdom: ‘Blessed are you who hunger;
for you shall be satisfied’ (Luke 6:21); so will those ‘who
hunger and thirst for justice’ (Matt 5:6). The two must not be
divorced, because in the bread of life we are being nourished by the
one whose being is love and compassion." |
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"Holy Communion," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis. |
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13th Sunday after Pentecost, John 6:1-71 -- The Bread Which Gives Life
to the World, Paul S. Berge, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1985. |
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia. |
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"The 'Dangerous Memory' of Jesus,"
Ordinary 20B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
| "We
must be in touch with our blessedness, brokenness, given-ness if our
Eucharist is to be a living bread for us. We must have the interior
attitudes of Christ." |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Ordinary 20B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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"The Scandal of the Living Bread,"
Ordinary 20B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "In what ways does Christianity cause
scandal?" |
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Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen, CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "This crude image of eating
and drinking can also be a corrective to an overly emotional,
subjective understanding of "Jesus-in-me." Whether we feel
it or not, the objective truth is, when we chew the bread and drink
the wine, we are receiving the flesh and blood of Jesus in some way
and we are receiving the benefits that Jesus promises us." |
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"Connected or Disconnected?" John and Robin McCullough-Bade, Daily
Discipleship Bible Study, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
2006. |
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"'I Am
the Living Bread,'"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach.
"Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "There has never been a greater
promise in all of history. Sadly, those who questioned Jesus on that
day missed it entirely. They did not want eternal bread; they wanted
everyday bread. They desire to grab a free meal disabled them from
hearing Jesus’ invitation to the eternal." |
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"Receiving Jesus," Martin B. Copenhaver, The Christian Century,
1994.
| "John's Gospel does not include an
account of the Last Supper, but the sixth chapter is soaked with
eucharistic imagery." |
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Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation. |
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| Articles & Background:
| "The Sociology of
Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol.
II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed.
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
| "Once we start to pull back the veil, we notice numerous instances
of hiding-revealing, secrecy, ambiguity and even lying. The following is an attempt to
catalogue the primary and related instances of secrecy and "information control"
in the document." |
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"Food
For Thought: The Bread of Life Discourse (John 6:25-71) in Johannine Legitimation,"
by James F. McGrath, from Theological Gathering 2 (Winter 1997).
| "...the bread of life
discourse represents a christological exposition of the Old
Testament manna tradition. Eucharistic language is thus probably
used not as an end in itself, but because it enables faith in Jesus
to be expounded in a way that is relevant to the Johannine
community's legitimation of its beliefs and practices in the context
of its conflict with the synagogue." |
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"Drinking Blood at a Kosher Eucharist? The Sound of Scholarly Silence,"
Michael C. Cahill, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2002.
| "The element of drinking blood in the
Eucharistic rite is at once a religious and a theological problem..." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bailey, Raymond,
"John 6," Review and Expositor, 1988. |
| Crossan, John Dominic,
"It Is Written: A Structuralist Analysis of John 6," Semeia,
1983. |
| Gingrich, F. Wilbur,
Review of Peder Borgen, Bread from Heaven: An Exegetical Study of the
Concept of Manna in the Gospel of John and the Writings of Philo. Brill,
1965. Journal of Biblical Literature, 1967. |
| Hanna, Eleanor B.,
"Biblical Interpretation and Sacramental Practice: John Calvin's
Interpretation of John 6:51-58," Worship, 1999. |
| Harrill, J.
Albert, "Cannibalistic Language in the Fourth Gospel and Greco Roman
Politics of Factionalism," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
Image Browse -
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| Kilmartin, S.J.,
"Liturgical Influence on John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1960. |
| Lilly, Joseph L.,
"The Eucharistic Discourse of John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1950. |
| Phillips, Gary A.,
"'This Is A Hard Saying. Who Can Be Listener To It?': Creating a Reader in
John 6," Semeia, 1983. |
| Ruland, S.J., Vernon,
"Sign and Sacrament: John's Bread of Life Discourse," Interpretation,
1964. |
| Rusch, Frederick A.,
"The Signs and the Discourse - The Rich Theology of John 6," Currents
in Theology and Mission, 1978. |
| Temple, Patrick J.,
"The Eucharist in St John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1947. |
| Yeago, David S.,
"The Bread of Life: Patristic Christology and Evangelical Soteriology in
Martin Luther's Sermons on John 6," St Vladimir's Theological
Quarterly, 1995. |
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| Reviews:
| Anderson, Paul N., The Christology
of the Fourth Gospel: ITs Unity and Disunity in the Light of John 6.
Tubingen: Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1966.
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Review by Andreas J. Kostenberger, Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 1999. |
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Review by Sidney G Sowers, Anglican Theological Review, 1998. |
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Webster, Jane S., Ingesting Jesus: Eating and Drinking in
the Gospel of John. Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
Reviews by
Francis J. Moloney, Peter-Ben Smit and Robert Baker in The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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| Sermons:
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"To Be Or Not To Be," Pentecost
11, 20 August
2006, Walter W.
Harms, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Holy Communion,"
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"A Taste of Freedom
Food," the Rev. Harvard Stephens, Day 1, 2000. |
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"Discipleship -
Communion with Christ,"
John Jewell, 2000. |
| Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author,
Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
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| Life With God - John 6:41-59, Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
| Clip Art Images:
John 6:51-58, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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John 6:51-58, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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John 6:51-58,
John 6:51-58,
John 6:52-59, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Commercial Site:
The Work of the People -
John 6
/
True Food, True Drink - Films/Visual Liturgy based on RCL texts. |
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Mustard Seeds, a
lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann
Scull, Gippsland, Australia. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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| Study Links and Resources for the
Book of John |
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