I am the bread of life (Εγω ειμ ο αρτος της ζωης). This sublime sentence was startling in the extreme to the crowd. Philo does com…

I am the bread of life. I am the support of spiritual life; or my doctrines will give life and peace to the soul.

Shall never hu…

I am the bread of life.—Compare again the conversation with the woman of Samaria. Here they have asked for “this bread,” …

Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

St. John Chrysostom: Our Lord now proceeds to reveal mysteries and first speaks of His divinity. And Jesus said to them, I…

The request that Jesus should give the people the “bread [GK 788] of life” parallels the request of the Samaritan woman for the water of life . Jes…

I am the bread of life. First, he shows that the bread, which they asked in mockery, is before their eyes; and next, he reproves …

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life
Christ is so called, because he gives life to dead sinners: men in …

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…