KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
John 6:55–56
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John 6:55
55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
55For my flesh is meate indeed, and my blood is drinke indeed.
John 6:56
56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
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DEFINED WORDS
John 6:55
The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In truth, in fact, or certainly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The fluid that circulates through the body and is associated with life; in KJV usage, also life, bloodshed and its guilt, kindred, human nature, blood shed in sacrifice, or the juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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John 6:56
Eats; takes food into the mouth and consumes it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The fluid that circulates through the body and is associated with life; in KJV usage, also life, bloodshed and its guilt, kindred, human nature, blood shed in sacrifice, or the juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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From verse 55
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Open the full verse study32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
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Open the full verse study31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
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Open the full verse study36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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Open the full verse study9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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Open the full verse study1I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
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Open the full verse study20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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Open the full verse study2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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Open the full verse study47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
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Open the full verse study7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
From verse 56
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Open the full verse study24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
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Open the full verse study4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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Open the full verse study20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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Open the full verse study20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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Open the full verse study21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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Open the full verse study9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
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Open the full verse study15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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Open the full verse study23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
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Open the full verse study12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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Open the full verse study16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Open the full verse study24The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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Open the full verse study1HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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Open the full verse study17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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Open the full verse study1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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