It was not Moses that gave you (ου Μωυσης εδωκεν υμιν). "Not Moses gave you." Blunt and pointed denial (aorist active indicative o…

Moses gave you not that bread from heaven. This might be translated, "Moses gave you not the bread of heaven." The word "that," w…

Moses gave you not that bread.—Again His solemn words bring to their thoughts the deeper reality which they are passing o…

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…

Jesus informed the people that Moses had not given them the genuine spiritual bread. He did not mean that the manna had no food value; rather, it w…

Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven. Christ appears to contradict what was quoted from the psalm, but he sp…

Then Jesus said to them, truly, truly, I say to you ,
&c.] It is truth, and may be depended on, whether it will be b…

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. Having told us the question the Jews had asked Christ, the Evangelist now gives his answer.

   First, Christ tells us of the origin o…