John 6:26-70
Key Verse 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
1. [26-27] What efforts did they make to find Jesus (22-26)? Why were their efforts misdirected (27a)? Instead, what should they look for in Jesus (27a)? Why (27b)? How has God put his seal of approval on him?
2. [28-34] What’s the work they must do (28-29)? Discuss what it means. As a condition to believe, what do they ask (30-31; Cf. Exo 16:15)? Who gave them bread and what is he giving them now (32-33)? Find how the mind of the crowd changed (26, 28, 34)
3. [35-40] What did Jesus declare himself to be (35a)? What’s the effect of that bread? (35b; Cf. v34) Then why were they still hungry and thirsty (36)? What did they have to know about Jesus, the bread of life (37-39)? In all these, what is the Father’s will? (40) Discuss relationship among men’s hunger and thirst, the bread of life, eternal life and God’s will.
4. [41-48] What could they not accept Jesus’ word (41-42)? According to the Prophets, who only could come to Jesus? Discuss what ‘taught’ ‘heard’, and ‘learned’ imply (45). Why only this way (46)? Based on these, what was confirmed and concluded (47-48)?
5. [49-58] How was Jesus different from and similar to Manna (49-51b; 58)? What is this bread exactly? (51c) What did they have to do with this bread so as to have eternal life (53-54)? What does it mean that Jesus’ flesh and his blood are real food (55-56)? Where is this life from and how is it conveyed to people (57)?
6. [59-70] When his disciples grumbled, what possibility did he open to supplant their belief (62; Cf. 51)? What did they fail to discern that they could not accept Jesus’ teaching (63a)? What is his teaching (63b)? Why did many of his disciples leave him (65-66)? How was Peter’s faith different from those who left (67-69; Cf. 63)?
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