Discovery BoxJohn 6:27-29 
Context6:27 Do not work for the food that disappears, 1 but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food 2 which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.” 3
6:28 So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds 4 God requires?” 5 6:29 Jesus replied, 6 “This is the deed 7 God requires 8 – to believe in the one whom he 9 sent.”
John 6:57
Context6:57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes 10 me will live because of me.
1 tn Or “perishes” (this might refer to spoiling, but is more focused on the temporary nature of this kind of food).
sn Do not work for the food that disappears. Note the wordplay on “work” here. This does not imply “working” for salvation, since the “work” is later explained (in John 6:29) as “to believe in the one whom he (the Father) sent.”
2 tn The referent (the food) has been specified for clarity by repeating the word “food” from the previous clause.
3 tn Grk “on this one.”
4 tn Grk “the works.”
5 tn Grk “What must we do to work the works of God?”
6 tn Grk “answered and said to them.”
7 tn Grk “the work.”
8 tn Grk “This is the work of God.”
9 tn Grk “that one” (i.e., God).
10 tn Or “who chews”; Grk “who eats.” Here the translation “consumes” is more appropriate than simply “eats,” because it is the internalization of Jesus by the individual that is in view. On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esqiw, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trwgw, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) see the note on “eats” in v. 54.
