Then said Jesus Better, Therefore said Jesus:see on John 6:45.

and drink his blood Christ not only accepts what they have added to His words, but still further startles them by telling them that they must drink His Blood; an amazing statement to a Jew, who was forbidden to taste even the blood of animals (Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10-16). These words point still more distinctly to His propitiatory death; for -the blood is the life" which He offered up for the sins of the world. The eating and drinking are not faith, but the appropriation of His death; faith leads us to eat and drink and is the means of appropriation. Taken separately, the Flesh represents sacrifice and sustenance, the Blood represents atonement and life.

no life in you Literally, no life in yourselves: for the source of life is absent. The next four verses explain more fully how this is.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising