John 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Cross-references
John 6:38 states Jesus came down from heaven to do God's will — directly identifying the bread that comes down from heaven.
John 6:48 explicitly says 'I am the bread of life' — the direct identification of the bread from God in this verse.
John 6:51 identifies Jesus as the living bread and specifies His flesh given for the world's life—a further revelation of the bread described here.
In John 6:32, Jesus distinguishes the true bread from heaven from manna—here He identifies Himself as that true bread.
John 6:41 records the Jews' grumbling at Jesus' claim to be the bread from heaven—the same claim made here.
John 6:50 repeats that this bread comes down from heaven and adds that eating it brings everlasting life—expanding on the life-giving promise here.
John 3:13 says the Son of Man came from heaven — parallel to the bread coming down from heaven.
John 17:8 echoes that the disciples knew Jesus came from the Father — reinforcing the heavenly origin of the bread of life.
John 16:28 explicitly says Jesus came from the Father into the world — directly parallel to coming down from heaven.
John 10:10 states Jesus came to give abundant life—the same life-giving mission expressed here as giving life to the world.
John 14:6 declares Jesus is 'the life'—the very life He gives to the world as the bread from heaven here.
John 3:31 says the one from heaven is above all — directly parallels Jesus coming down from heaven in John 6:33.
In John 4:34, Jesus says His food is to do the Father's will—a different metaphor but also about spiritual sustenance, contrasting with the bread of life here.
John 13:3 also states Jesus came from God, reinforcing his divine origin in the bread of life discourse.
Matthew 26:26 identifies Jesus' body as bread — directly connects to Jesus being the bread of life from heaven.
Romans 6:23 contrasts death with eternal life in Christ Jesus—the life that Jesus, as the bread from heaven, gives to the world here.
1 Corinthians 15:45 calls the last Adam (Christ) a life-giving spirit—echoing how Jesus gives life to the world as the bread from heaven here.
1 Corinthians 15:47 contrasts the earthly Adam with Christ the heavenly man—echoing Jesus as the bread from heaven who gives life.
1 Timothy 1:15 affirms Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — parallel mission of the one who came down from heaven.