Why did Jesus say, "I am the Bread of LIfe"? Why didn't He say, "I'm your meat and potatoes" which is considered to be the "main dish"?
In other words, what is the significance of "bread"?
2006-12-21 13:21:01 · 11 answers · asked by Songbird 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My question came about because I was baking bread for Christmas presents and I wanted to connect it to how Jesus gave bread. It was an important event and I wanted the gift to be more meaningful than just a fresh loaf of bread.
2006-12-21 13:44:07 · update #1
I am a believer and have been for many years.
2006-12-21 13:45:33 · update #2
Bread is a staple of life. Bread was also a critical part of the Passover Meal. It also foreshadowed the Eucharist which is bread become the body and blood of our Lord Jesus.
2006-12-21 13:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus Christ said "I am the Bread of Life" He is not referring to the literal food we must always remember that Christ speak in parable and why He use bread simple because He is talking to the Israelites and bread is the table food on that time.The significance of bread is life.
2006-12-21 13:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by yana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a metaphore because bread was a staple of their diet back then. Jesus gives life to us, just as bread provided life-giving nutrients.
2006-12-21 13:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every single society on the planet has bread in one form or another. Everybody understands what bread is.
2006-12-21 13:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by judy r 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeshua Messiah/JC [pbuh] was a Master Communicator and the Greatest Teacher who knew how to speak in parables, double-entendres, and symbolisms.
'Bread' as in 'Food', also means 'Knowledge'...
Peace be with you.
2006-12-21 13:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potatos weren't domesticated by that time....and besides, why make a complex message like that so cluttered up? Why wouldn't he have said, "I'm your Fish and Wine?"
Besides, he might not have said that at all. Whomever King James got to translate and reiterate the original scrolls could have taken some creative license. It may have said..."I'm your huckleberry."
2006-12-21 13:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by somewherein72 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because bread is the staff of life.two main things that will keep you alive and that is bread and water,they are essentials to stay alive
2006-12-21 13:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by slickcut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bread,,meaning if you have Him in your life your life will be full...He is your source for everything if you allow Him to be..
2006-12-21 13:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by I give you the Glory Father ! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bread is delicious, and everyone eats it...
"don't analyze, just believe" that's the stupidest thing i have ever heard
2006-12-21 13:22:47 · answer #9 · answered by littlehey5 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jewish tradition of the old testament for passover, etc.>
2006-12-21 13:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋