"I Am the Bread of Life."

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This paper looks at the statement that Jesus makes in the Gospel of John that "I am the bread of life," and how this is significant to proving and explaining his divinity and his role as the Messiah in the context of the Old Testament. The statement is also discussed in the context of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes that had been performed the previous day.

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"I am the bread of life." In the Gospel of John, Jesus makes many "I am" statements, including the allegorically complex, "I am the bread of life," speech, which has many meanings and implications. This paper will look at the events surrounding this statement and its complex relationship to the revelations of God in the Old Testament and to the revelation of the deity of Jesus. It is important to understand the context in which Jesus makes his statement that he is the bread of life. The speech takes place the morning after he performs the miracle of walking on the water on the way to Capernaum, which is also the day after the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand with the loaves and the fishes."

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