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In the first part of the discourse about “the bread of life” Jesus makes a comparison between the manna that the chosen people ate in the wilderness and the real bread which will be sent from heaven by the Father (6, 32). On this occasion, He specifies that the manna was not the real bread and that He Himself is “the bread of life” (6, 35). The content of the last part of this speech, rightly considered a Eucharistic speech (6, 53-59) may be summarized in this way: by eating the Holy Eucharist, Christ remains in us and we remain in Him.
Three are the defining elements of the analyzed fragment: the paschal motive, the resemblance between Jesus and Moses, the prophet, and the eschatological expectation. These are projected on the Eucharistic background of the dialogue between Jesus and the crowd that surrounds Him. Our exegesis gives priority to the sacramental interpretation (i.e. Eucharistic) of the words of the Lord, but mentions also other exegetical opinions, which reject this interpretation, because this is required by the scientific honesty: audietur et altera pars.
Keywords: bread, life, Christ, Body, Blood, Eucharist.
