John 6:57
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”
καθώς
Just as, in the same way, inasmuch as. Kathōs. God loves, forgives, and gives — and calls us to do likewise. How He acts becomes the pattern for how we act. Live up to the standard.
μέ
Me
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μέ
No, not, never. Mé. The softest Greek negative, used to deny what is possible or expected. When God says no, he means it.
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ζάω
live
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ζάω
To live, to be alive. Zao. I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live. Life in Scripture is always relational. To live is to be connected to the source of life.
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πατήρ
Father
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πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
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ἐγώ
Me myself.
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ἐγώ
I, me, myself. Egō. Jesus claimed it absolutely: "I AM." Every human "I" exists only because the great I AM first spoke. Your identity is derivative, not ultimate.
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διά
because of
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διά
Through, by means of, because of. Dia. God works through circumstances, through people, through suffering itself. Nothing is incidental in his hands.
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τρώγω
feeding on
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τρώγω
or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 (τρυγών) and G5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat
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