I am come down (καταβεβηκα). Perfect active indicative of καταβαινω. See on 33 for frequent use of this phrase by Jesus. Here απο …

For I came down, etc. This verse shows that he came for a specific purpose, which he states in the next verse, and means that, as he came …

Not to do mine own will.—Compare to John 5:30. He has spoken of the Father’s gift and of human action. He now once more i…

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

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life. He that cometh to…

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

Six times in this immediate context Jesus says that he “came down from heaven” (vv.33, 38, 41, 50, 51, 58). His claim to heavenly origin is unmista…

For I came down from heaven. This is a confirmation of the preceding statement: that we do not seek Christ in vain. For faith is a work of…

For I came down from heaven by change of place, or local motion; for Christ is the immense, infinite, and omnipresent God…

The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes people willing and glad to come, and to give up everyth…

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…