<p>6:48 <i>I am the bread of life</i>- The emphasis is now placed upon &quot;bread of life&quot; rather than the Messianic term &quot;bread of Heaven&quot; because He wanted to explain how the believer has eternal life (:47). Bread must be eaten regularly; the idea is that we are regularly filled up with His life, His Spirit. But our spiritual life comes from eating Him. He is the source of life, rather than the entire text of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation including the Chronicles genealogies.</p>