7. TO EAT
To Eat
See Eating
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
7. TO EAT
The words and are translated ‘to eat,’ but the occurrence of both words in John 6 shows a difference in their signification.
is used in Joh 6:53 and in that part of Joh 6:58 where it says “not as the fathers ate and died.” It refers to eating for the sake of present hunger. The Lord says in Joh 6:53, , etc.: their case would be hopeless unless they ate the flesh and drank the blood of the Son of Man.
occurs in Joh 6:54; Joh 6:56-57, and in the latter part of Joh 6:58 (“he that eateth this bread shall live for ever”): it may imply the leisurely and habitual enjoyment of what is eaten. It is applied generally to the grazing of cattle (ruminating), and in the case of human beings supposes a slower process of mastication than merely ‘eating.’ This would have a peculiar force in these verses where the figure is not merely (as in Joh 6:49 and Joh 6:58) that of taking food to keep oneself alive, but the more quiet appreciation and feeding upon what is within reach. Christ is the food
‘to eat,’ is often used in the general sense of taking food.
‘to eat,’ occurs but in one place, Joh 6:13