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'''Bread of life''' is the description used by [[Jesus]] to explain who he is, as in John 6:48:<ref>[[KJV]] quoted here.</ref>
 
'''Bread of life''' is the description used by [[Jesus]] to explain who he is, as in John 6:48:<ref>[[KJV]] quoted here.</ref>
 
{{cquote|I am that bread of life.}}
 
{{cquote|I am that bread of life.}}
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The phrase is obviously figurative, and the English phrase "that bread" is perhaps an imprecise rendering of the original meaning.  Other possibilities in modern English to capture the figurative meaning would be "sustenance" or "nourishment".
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The phrase is obviously figurative, and the [[English]] phrase "that bread" is perhaps an imprecise rendering of the original meaning.  Other possibilities in modern English to capture the figurative meaning would be "sustenance" or "nourishment".
    
A better translation today might be "essence of life."
 
A better translation today might be "essence of life."
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