John
6:56-69
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- "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.
- XIX.49-54; XX.1-9; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- III.XI.6, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter III, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
- Chapter XXXVII, Chapter L, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XXI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- XII.17, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Lord's Prayer -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Epistle LXVIII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 254)
- Epistle LXXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
- From Augustine's Tractates on John: Tractate XXVI (6:41-59); Tractate XXVII (6:60-72).
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "If Christ is present, life is present, but when Christ is absent, then death is present."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "The Messiah's kingdom was not of this world; and they were to understand by faith, what he had said of a spiritual living upon him, and his fulness."
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Not that His ascension itself would stumble them more than His death, but that after recoiling from the mention of the one, they would not be in a state of mind to take in the other."
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "I shall ascend to heaven so that my body cannot be literally eaten; the flesh literally profits nothing. It is the spirit that makes alive. The spirits of men must feed upon me by faith, that they may be made alive. My words are spirit and life. He who feeds upon them will be made alive."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- More about the Bread of Life, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
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Commentary,
John 6:56-69, Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "Here, as elsewhere in this chapter, the paradox remains: faith only comes as the Father draws us, and yet Peter and the others (and we too) are asked for our response."
- 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 12, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Jesus is the major image or icon in whom we see God?s light and life."
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Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen, CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "Proper belief is not just believing what Jesus has said (even if it is a "hard word"), but believing Jesus -- who he is, where he came from."
- "The Words of Eternal Life," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
John 6:56-69, David Ewart, 2009.
- "But this teaching still asks us to make a deeper level of commitment. Since blood is understood to be 'the seat of life,' and belonging solely to God alone, Jesus is asking us to make him - and the One who abides in him - the seat of our life / the centre of our life; belonging to God alone."
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"The
Audacity of Faith," Steven C. Kuhl,
Sabbatheology,
The Crossings Community, 2009.
- "The good news is that Jesus is not merely a disinterested teacher or an expert debater about what is. Far better, he comes as an active agent who is sent into the world by the Father to bring about for us God-forsaken people a new world, a new reality, a new relationship before God and others, called 'eternal life.'"
- 14th 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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"Essential Question," Cynthia M. Campbell, The Christian Century,
2006.
- "In The Essential Jesus, Crossan points out that one of the most popular visual representations of Jesus in the early years of the Christian movement was the feeding of the multitude. Long before Christians portrayed Christ crucified they showed him breaking bread."
- "A Hard Saying," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
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"Resistance,"
Ordinary 21B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "The work of meditation can be painful and frustrating. There are two possible responses: abandon in anger or persevere in patience. In the latter is the secret of life, here and hereafter."
- Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 21B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
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"'To
Whom Else Can We Go?'"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach.
"Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "Faith is deepened in situations where it is difficult to rely anymore on our reason or abilities. Yet, what is amazing about these five words, 'to whom shall we go?' is that the disciples had purposely placed themselves in positions where self-reliance was no longer possible. Most of us might find ourselves in that position, but how many of us try and place ourselves in that position?"
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"Reasons for Leaving, Reasons for Staying,"
Ordinary 21B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "Why do you like to go to Church? What holds you in weekly worship when there are so many other things to do on Sunday?"
- Commentary by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Articles & Background:
- "An Interesting Variant in the Bohairic Gospel of Saint John," by Maged S. Mikhail. St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter, April 1995.
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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."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Ashton, John, "The Identity and
Function of the Ioudaioi in the Fourth Gospel," Novum Testamentum,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Berge, Paul S., "The Bread Which
Gives Life to the World," Word & World, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Campbell, Cynthia M., "Essential
Question," The Christian Century, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Crossan, John Dominic,
"It Is Written: A Structuralist Analysis of John 6," Semeia,
1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Domeris, William, "The Confession of
Peter according to John 6:69," Tyndale Bulletin, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fredrickson, David E., "Eucharistic
Symbolism in the Gospel of John," Word & World, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hanna, Eleanor B.,
"Biblical Interpretation and Sacramental Practice: John Calvin's
Interpretation of John 6:51-58," Worship, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harrill, J.
Albert, "Cannibalistic Language in the Fourth Gospel and Greco Roman
Politics of Factionalism," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Husted, Heidi, "Decisions," The
Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kilmartin, S.J.,
"Liturgical Influence on John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1960.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koester, Craig R., "John Six and the
Lord's Supper," Lutheran Quarterly, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Krodel, Gerhard,
"John 6:63 - Expository Article," Interpretation, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lilly, Joseph L.,
"The Eucharistic Discourse of John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1950.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ortberg, John, "Roll Call," The
Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Phillips, Gary A.,
"'This Is A Hard Saying. Who Can Be Listener To It?': Creating a Reader in
John 6," Semeia, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pryor, John W.,
"The Johannine Son of Man and the Descent-Ascent Motif," Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ross, J.M.,
"Some Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum
Testamentum, 1983. (Section on John 6:56 begins on page 66.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ruland, S.J., Vernon,
"Sign and Sacrament: John's Bread of Life Discourse," Interpretation,
1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rusch, Frederick A.,
"The Signs and the Discourse - The Rich Theology of John 6," Currents
in Theology and Mission, 1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Temple, Patrick J.,
"The Eucharist in St John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1947.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Voelz, James W., "The Discourse on
the Bread of Life in John 6: Is It Eucharistic?" Concordia Journal,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wright, William M., IV, "Greco-Roman Character Typing
and the Presentation of Judas in the Fourth Gospel," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - 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.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Ashton, John, "The Identity and
Function of the Ioudaioi in the Fourth Gospel," Novum Testamentum,
1985.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sermons:
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- "Stumbling Blocks," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "A Discipleship Dropout," Peter K. Perry, narrative sermon at Kir-Shalom.
- "Faith and Knowledge," the Rev. Gemechis Desta Buba, Day 1, 2003.
- "The Prodigal," the Rev. Grace Imathiu, Day 1, 2000.
- "Discipleship - Commitment to Christ," John Jewell, 2000.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
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- With Children:
- "Deserting Jesus," "Never Give Up," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
- John 5 & 6 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- "In Front of the Synagogue of Capernaum," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art Images: John 6:60-69, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- John 6:56-69 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- John 6:60-69, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
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- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 6:56, 57, 58, 62, 68. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
