John 6:53 meaning and explanation

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

John 6:53, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking in the synagogue at Capernaum, answering a crowd that had eaten the multiplied loaves and now argues over how He could give His flesh to eat. The Greek verb here, trōgō, means to eat or gnaw, a deliberately vivid word.

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