Discovery BoxJohn 6:58 
Context6:58 This 1 is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors 2 ate, but then later died. 3 The one who eats 4 this bread will live forever.”
John 20:26
Context20:26 Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, 5 and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, 6 Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
1 tn Or “This one.”
2 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
3 tn Grk “This is the bread that came down from heaven, not just like your ancestors ate and died.” The cryptic Greek expression has been filled out in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “who chews.” 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.
5 tn Grk “were inside”; the word “together” is implied.
6 tn Grk “the doors were shut”; “locked” conveys a more appropriate idea for the modern English reader.
sn See the note on the phrase locked the doors in 20:19.
