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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, `He gave them bread out of the sky to eat.`"
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A Test for the Messiah
The crowd challenges Jesus by comparing His miracle of feeding the 5,000 to Moses providing manna. Commentators explain that a popular Jewish expectation was that the Messiah would be a 'greater Moses' and perform even greater signs. By demanding 'bread from heaven,' they are testing Jesus to see if He can outperform Moses and fulfill their expectations of a Messiah who provides for their physical needs.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Our fathers. The Jews who were led by Moses through the wilderness.
Did eat manna. This was the name given by the Jews to …
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
They talk about "bread" again, how…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After describing how the disciples searched for Christ, the Evangelist now shows the people looking for him.
First, he states thei…
