John 6:63

that quickeneth Literally, that maketh aliveor giveth life. The latter would perhaps be better to bring out the connexion with -they are life" at the end of the verse.

the flesh Not, - MyFlesh," which would contradict John 6:51. The statement is a general one, but has reference to Himself. -My Flesh" in John 6:51 means -My death" to be spirituallyappropriated by every Christian, and best appropriated in the Eucharist. -The flesh" here means the flesh without the Spirit, that which can only be appropriated physically, like the manna. Even Christ's flesh in this sense -profiteth nothing." (Comp. John 3:6.) Probably there is a general reference to their carnal ideas about the Messiah: it is "in our Lord's refusal to assume the outward insignia of the Messianic dignity, and in His persistent spiritualisation of the Messianic idea" that we must seek "the ultimate cause" of the defection of so many disciples. S. pp. 141, 142.

the words Or, the sayings:see on John 5:47.

that I speak The true reading is; that I have spoken, in the discourse just concluded.