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These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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A Sermon in Stone
Commentators highlight the profound significance of the location. Archaeological evidence suggests the very synagogue in Capernaum where Jesus taught may have been decorated with a carving of a pot of manna. In this physical space dedicated to remembering the temporary bread from the wilderness, Jesus revealed Himself as the true, eternal Bread of Life from heaven.
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John
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In the synagogue (εν συναγωγη). Definite like our in church, though article absent. Only use of the word in John except 18:20. "Am…
19th Century
Anglican
As he taught in Capernaum. If we accept the identification of Capernaum with Tell-Hûm, which is in every way probable (co…
Baptist
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ev…
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Jesus climaxed his discourse by once more referring to the “bread that came down from heaven,” the forefathers who ate it in the wilderness and die…
16th Century
Protestant
He spoke these things in the synagogue. John points out the place, so that we may know that many were present, and likewise, that a sermon…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These things said he in the synagogue Openly and publicly, in the place of divine worship, where the Jews resorted f…
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Presbyterian
The flesh and blood of the Son of Man represent the Redeemer in human nature; Christ and Him crucified, and the redemption accomplished by Him, wit…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, our Lord checked the grumbling of the Jews over the origin of this spiritual food; here, he stops their dispute over the eati…
