John 6:54

54. The gracious positive of the previous minatory negative. From warning as to the ruinous consequences of not partaking He goes on to declare the blessed consequences of partaking, viz. eternal life, and that at once, with resurrection among the just hereafter.

ὁ τρώγων. Present; it is a continuous action, not one that may be done once for all (John 6:45). Φαγεῖν has no present, so that the same word could not be used; but the change to τρῶγειν rather than to ἐσθίειν is not meaningless: τρώγειν is ‘to eat with enjoyment’ (Matthew 24:38); see on John 13:18. Excepting these two texts the word occurs here only (John 6:54-58) in N.T.