15当主耶稣到地上来的时候，祂就是一再给人看见，祂是人的食物，是人可以吃喝享受的。…主行了一个神迹，用五饼二鱼给五千人吃饱，还剩下零碎。他们看见这件事，就觉得祂是一个最大的申言者。他们就盼望〔祂〕…一直在他们中间行神迹，负他们一切的责任。这个观念完全错误，所以主就来转他们的念头。主指出他们是寻求必坏的食物，但这必坏的食物是没有价值的。主不是要给他们这个必坏的食物，主乃是要把那存到永远生命的食物给他们。…主说明那存到永远生命的食物就是祂自己。主的意思是说，“…你们如果光认识我是一位能行神迹的主宰还不够，…我之于你们，要比这个深刻多了。我不仅在外面为你们作这些，…你们必须认识我这一位创造的主是来作你们的食物。我要把我的肉给你们吃，要把我的血给你们喝。我要进到你们的里面。吃我肉喝我血的人，就有永远的生命；因为这永远的生命就是我自己。你们若是把我吃到里面，喝到里面，我就进到你们里面，自然你们里面就有了永远的生命。”
15When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He repeatedly revealed that He was food for man to eat and enjoy. The Lord performed a miracle, [feeding] five thousand with five loaves and two fish, and there was much left over. When people saw this, they thought that He was the greatest prophet, who would perform miracles among them and take care of them…This concept was absolutely wrong; hence, the Lord spoke a word to change their concept. He pointed out that they were seeking for food that perishes, food that is of no eternal value. He did not come to give man corruptible food, but He came to give man incorruptible food from heaven…The Lord explained that He is the food; He wanted to give Himself to them as their food for their enjoyment. It was as if He were saying, “It is not enough to know Me as the sovereign Lord who performs miracles…I am much more than these things. I will not only perform outward things…You need to know Me as the Creator who has come to be your food. I have given My flesh to you for food and My blood to you for drink so that I can enter into you. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, because this eternal life is just Me. If you eat Me and drink Me, I will enter into you, and spontaneously you will have eternal life.”