 And when the Jews on that occasion complained that they did not comprehend what he meant, he added for their better understanding, and as if for our understanding, that we might not think his body was to be actually eaten, that he only meant we should...  Complete Works - Page 16by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 588 pages
...the language of Augustine, on the> words of Christ : " It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing ; the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life." "Christ Himself here says that He spoke of His body and blood, not in the proper, but in the... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1875 - 480 pages
...elsewhere. That the Word in its essence is such, is moreover evident from these words of the Lord : " The words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life," John vi. 63. 201. I know thy works, signifies that the Lord sees all their interiors and exteriors... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1876 - 414 pages
...already (John VI. 27). He there tells the Jews, " Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you." And when the Jews...upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have totally neglected all others — particularly one other which had at least an equal claim to... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1876 - 324 pages
...the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing. I am not speaking to you of literal flesh ; the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. Are there none who murmur now? — none who repeat what the disciples of old said, " This is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 438 pages
...(John vi. 27-60.) He there tells the Jews, " Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." And when the Jews...upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have totally neglected all others, — particularly one other which had at least an equal claim... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 488 pages
...(John vi. 27-60.) He there tells the Jews, " Except ye eat the -flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." And when the Jews...to you, they are spirit and they are life." Whilst 1 am upon this topic, I cannot help remarking that it is not a little singular that we should have... | |
 | James Gosset Tanner - 1883 - 198 pages
...can they hear it except in His word ? So John vi. 63, " It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing : the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life." Christ saith, "My words are life" because they communicate life; and they are life because they... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 440 pages
...(John vi. 27-60.) He there tells the Jews, " Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." And when the Jews...upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have totally neglected all others, — particularly one other which had at least an equal claim... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 376 pages
...that they did not comprehend what he meant, he added for their better understanding, and as if for onr understanding, that we might not think his body was...upon perpetuating one symbolical act of Christ whilst we have totally neglected all others, — particularly one other which had at least an equal claim... | |
 | 1898 - 450 pages
...knew that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. 1 6 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus... | |
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