How do Trinitarians interpret Jesus's statement that "I live because of the Father"? Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so
the one who feeds on me will live because of me (John 6:57)

This statement by Jesus seems to insinuate that Jesus derives his life from the Father. How is this interpreted in the context of the Trinity that Jesus is co-equal with the Father?
Orthodox Trinitarians believe that the Son and the Spirit are eternally dependant on the Father, just as the heat and light of the fire are distinct from one another, contemporaneous with, yet dependant on, the fire. Just as the light can say &quot;I live because of the fire&quot; the Son can say &quot;I live because of the Father.&quot; Yet there is no fire without the heat or light — no Father without the Son, nor vice versa.
If this weren't true, whence would the Son derive His life? If He derived it elsewhere, He would be another God from the Father, having life apart from the Father. Which cannot be and which contradicts His express teaching.