who sent me, hath aionian life, and shall not come into condemnation; but passeth from death to life. 25" Verily, verily, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son, also, to have life in himself: 27 and he hath given him authority to exercise judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28" Wonder not at this: for the hour is coming in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; 29 they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 "Of myself, I can do nothing as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him who sent me. 31 "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another who beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent to John, and he bare witness to the truth. 34 Yet I receive not witness from man: but I say these things, that ye may be saved. 35 He was that burning and shining lamp: but ye chose to rejoice for a short time only in his light. given me to perform, these works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the father himself, who sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither listened to his voice at any time, nor seen his form; 38 nor have ye his word abiding in you; because ye believe not in him whom he hath sent. 39 Ye search the scriptures, because in them ye think ye have aionian life: and, though they testify of me, 40 yet ye are not willing to come to me, that ye may have life. 41 "I receive not honour from men: but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 42 I am come in my Father's name, and yet ye receive me not: 43 if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, who receive honour from one another, while ye seek not the honour which cometh from God only? 45" Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe my words?" CH.VI. 1 AFTER these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the 36 "But I have greater wit-miracles which he had done on ness than that of John: for the those who were diseased. 3 works which the Father hath And Jesus went up a mountain, and sat there with his disciples. did, said, 4 Now the passover (a festival of the Jews) was nigh. 5 When Jesus, therefore, lifted up his eyes, and saw that a great multitude was coming to him, he said to Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" 6 (Now he said this to try him: for he himself knew what he was about to perform.) 7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not purchase bread sufficient for them, so that every one of them may take a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 "There is a lad here, who hath five barley. loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?" 10 [And] Jesus said, "Make the men place themselves on the ground." (Now there was much grass in the place.) [So] the men placed themselves on the ground, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and, having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples] to those on the ground and in like manner of the fishes, as much as they desired. 12 And when they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing be lost." 13 They therefore gathered them, and filled twelve panniers with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained to those that had eaten. 14 Then those men, having seen the miracle which Jesus "This is in truth that prophet who was to come into the world." 15 Jesus, therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him a king, [again] withdrew himself, alone, to a mountain. 16 AND in the evening, his disciples went down to the sea; 17 and having embarked, were passing by sea, to Capernaum. And it was now dark; and Jesus had not come to them. 18 And the sea arose, because of a great wind which blew. 19 So having rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near the vessel: and they were afraid. 20 But he said to them, "It is I: be not afraid." 21 Then they were glad to receive him into the vessel; and immediately the vessel was at the land whither they were going. 22 THE day following, the multitude, who had been by the sea-side, having seen that no other boat was there, save that one, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the vessel, but that his disciples had departed alone; 23 (however, there came other boats from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread, [after the Lord had given thanks;]) 24 when the multitude therefore, saw, that neither Jesus was there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 And when they had found him, on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when camest thou hither?" 26 Jesus answered them, and said, "Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled. 27"Labour to obtain not the food which perisheth, but the food which endureth to aionian life, which the Son of man will give you, for to him the Father, even God, hath set his seal." 28 They said therefore, to him, "What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?" 29 Jesus answered, and said to them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 30 Then they said to him, "What miracle, therefore, dost thou, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert: as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat." " 32 Jesus [therefore], said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not the bread from heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven *; 33 for the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world." 34 Then they said to him, "Master, always give us this bread." 35 [Now] Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life: he who cometh to me, shall ne ver hunger; and he who believeth in me, shall never thirst. 36 But I have said to you, that ye have both seen me and believe not. 37 "All whom the Father giveth me, will come to me; and him who cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 "And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose none of it, but should raise it up, at the last day. 40 For this is the will of him who sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, shall have aionian life and I will raise him up, at the last day." 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, 'I am the bread which came down from heaven:' 42 and said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how, therefore, doth he say [this], 'I came down from heaven?" "+ * The bread from heaven clearly signifies the doctrine, not the person, of Christ. +"The Jews, like many modern expositors, mistook our Lord's meaning. They understood that of his person, which he intended of his doctrine; and took that in a literal sense, which he meant figuratively. Observe, that the Jews call Jesus the son of Joseph, without being contradicted by the Evangelist." Im. Ver. note. any one hath seen the Father, Verily, verily, I say to you, He who believeth in me, hath aionian life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and died. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any one eat of this bread, he shall live to the age: and the bread which I will give, is my flesh [which I will give] for the life of the world." 52 The Jews, therefore, contended amongst themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 Jesus therefore said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have not life in you. 54 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath aionian life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink. 56" He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he likewise that eateth me, shall live by me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven: not as [your] fathers ate manna and died. He that eateth of this bread, shall live to the age." 59 He said these things, in a synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 60 MANY, therefore, of his disciples, hearing this, said, "This is hard doctrine: who can understand it?" 61 But Jesus, knowing, in himself, that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Do ye revolt at this? 62 What then if ye shall see the Son of man going up where he was beforet? 63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words which I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not." knew, from the beginning, who 64 (For Jesus they were that believed not, and who was to deliver him up.) 65 And he said, "For this cause I said to you, that no one can come to me, unless it be given to him by [my] Father." 66 From that time, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Jesus therefore twelve," Will ye also depart ?" said to the 68 Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of aionian life: 69 and we believe, and know, that thou art the Holy One of God." 70 [Jesus] answered them, "Have not I * Unless ye eat the flesh, etc.] Unless ye receive and observe my doctrine. See ver. 35. 40. 47. Newcome. It is not necessary to suppose that our Lord here has any allusion to his own death: though that is not improbable. †The proper meaning of this passage seems to be this: Do ye revolt at what I have now said? What then would you do if I should advance still further into the subject of my mission; and reveal truths which would be still more remote from your apprehension, and more offensive to your prejudices? See eh. xvi. 12. See also, Im. Ver. note. chosen you twelve? and yet | he deceiveth the people." 13 one of you is an impostor." However, no one spake openly 71 Now he spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for he was about to deliver him up, [being] one of the twelve. CH. VII. 1 AND after these things, Jesus travelled about in Galilee: for he did not choose to walk in Judea because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles, was near. 3 His brethren, therefore, said to him, "Depart hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples, also, may see the works which thou dost. 4 For no one who seeketh to be known publicly, doth any thing in secret. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world." 5 (For neither did his brethren believe in him.) 6 [Then] Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 Go ye up to [this] festival: I am not going up to this festival, at present; for my time is not yet fully come." 9 Having said this to them, he remained still in Galilee. 10 But when his brethren had gone up, then he also went up to the festival; not openly, but as it were in se cret. 11 Then the Jews sought him at the festival and said, "Where is he?" 12 And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: and some said, "He is a good man" others said, "No: but of him, for fear of the Jews. 14 But it being already about the middle of the festival, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews wondered, saying, "How hath this man learning, having never been taught?" 16 Jesus answered them, and said, "My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If any one desire to do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it be from God, or whether I speak of myself. 18"Whoever speaketh of himself, seeketh to promote his own glory: but whoever seeketh to promote the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law; and yet no one of you keepeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?" 20 The multitude answered and said, "Thou hast a demon: Who seeketh to kill thee?" 21 Jesus answered, and said to them, "I have done one work, and ye all wonder at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision; (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers;) and ye, on the sabbath, circumcise a man. 23 If a man on the sabbath receive circumcision, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry with me, because I made a man entirely well on the sabbath? 24 Judge not according to appearance; but judge righteous judgment." 25 Then some inhabitants of |