John 6:52-57 Then the Jews who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse began arguing bitterly with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his physical body to eat?”

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵² Then the Jews [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began arguing bitterly with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his physical body to eat?” ⁵³ So, Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the physical body of the Son of man and drink His blood, you do not have [spiritual] life in yourselves [Note: The references to “body” and “blood” throughout this section allude to taking Jesus’ life and teaching into one’s heart. See verse 56]. ⁵⁴ The person who eats my physical body and drinks my blood has never ending life [See note on 5:24], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day [i.e., the judgment day]. ⁵⁵ For my physical body is real food and my blood is [the] real drink. ⁵⁶ The person who eats my physical body and drinks my blood lives in me and I [live] in him. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father has sent me, and I have [physical and spiritual] life because of the Father, so the person who eats me will also have [physical ? and spiritual] life because of me.