Exploring the “I AM” Statements in the Gospel of John 1. “I Am the Bread of Life” — John 6:35 Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again” (John 6:35, NLT). When Jesus called Himself the Bread of Life, He was speaking to people who didn’t have grocery stores a few blocks away, and many of them wouldn’t have had money to shop. So they were people who understood what it meant to need bread to survive. Bread was a common part of their dail