John 6:51
Douay-Rheims
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Bede the Venerable
This bread our Lord then gave, when He delivered to His disciple the mystery of His Body and Blood, and offered Himself to God the Father on the altar of the cross. For the life of the world, i. e. not for the elements, but for mankind, who are called the world.
Source details
A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 6:51
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.