Ate the manna (το μαννα εφαγον). The rabbis quoted Ps 72:16 to prove that the Messiah, when he comes, will outdo Moses with manna …

Our fathers. The Jews who were led by Moses through the wilderness.

Did eat manna. This was the name given by the Jews to …

Our fathers did eat manna.—He claims to be the Messiah; but the Messiah was to be greater than Moses, and the sign He has…

They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in…

Alcuin of York: They understood that the food which endures to eternal life was the work of God. Therefore, they asked Him wh…

The third question about requesting a miraculous sign seems incredible. They seem to have forgotten that the Lord had just provided one in the feed…

Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness. Thus we see that Christ put His finger on the sore when He told them that they came like brute be…

Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness
Which was a sort of food prepared by angels in the air, and rained down …

Constant exercise of faith in Christ is the most important and difficult part of the obedience required of us as sinners seeking salvation. When by…

1. After describing how the disciples searched for Christ, the Evangelist now shows the people looking for him.

   First, he states thei…