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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 6:32

Moses gave you not that bread from heaven - This might be translated, “Moses gave you not the bread of heaven.” The word “that,” which makes some difference in the sense, is not necessary to express the meaning of the original. It does not appear that Jesus intended to call in question the fact that their fathers were fed by the instrumentality of Moses, but to state that he did not give them the true bread that was adapted to the wants of the soul. He fed the Body, although his food did not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 6:32-33

John 6:32-33. Jesus said, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven It was not Moses who in ancient times gave the manna to your fathers, neither was the manna bread from heaven, though it be so called by the psalmist, on account of the thing which it typified: for it dropped from the air only; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven It was my Father that gave to your ancestors the manna, and he now giveth you the true spiritual, heavenly bread, of which the manna was only a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 6:22-59

67. The bread of life (John 6:22-59)Many Jews were determined to find Jesus and make him king. Although he had escaped from them after the feeding of the multitude, they were out the next day looking for him (John 6:22-24).Jesus knew that these people wanted him to be king not because they felt any spiritual need, but because they thought he had magical powers that could supply all their daily needs. He urged them not to think just of physical and temporal blessings, but to seek the spiritual... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 6:32

Moses. The fifth of seven references to Moses. See note on John 1:17 . The Gemarists affirm that "manna was given for ' the merits of Moses'". that bread = the [true] bread. My Father . See note on John 2:16 . true . Greek. alethinos. See note on John 1:9 , and App-175 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:32

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.See under preceding verse. They were wrong in their inference that Moses was greater than Christ, for God, not Moses, fed them in the wilderness. Moses was God's "servant" (Nehemiah 9:14), and thus he stood in the comparison of the two wonders on a parity with the apostles, through whose hands Jesus fed them; and Christ was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 6:31-33

John 6:31-33. Our fathers did eat manna, &c.— By extolling the miracle of the manna, by calling it bread from heaven, and by insinuating that it was Moses's miracle, the Jews endeavoured to disparage Christ's miracle of the loaves, which they affected to despise as no miracle in comparison of the former. It was only a single meal of terrestrial food, at which nine or ten thousand had been fed; whereas Moses with celestial food fed the whole Jewish nation, in number upwards of two millions;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 6:32

32, 33. Moses gave you not, c.—"It was not Moses that gave you the manna, and even it was but from the lower heavens 'but My Father giveth you the true bread,' and that 'from heaven.'" read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:22-59

3. The bread of life discourse 6:22-59Jesus proceeded to clarify His identity by teaching the crowds and His disciples. He did so by developing the figure of the Bread of Life, which He claimed to be. Jesus used the feeding of the 5,000 as a basis for explaining His identity to the multitudes. He compared Himself to bread."Again, it was a ministry of ’grace and truth’ (John 1:17). In grace, our Lord fed the hungry people; but in truth, He gave them the Word of God." [Note: Wiersbe, 1:310.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:26-34

Jesus’ creating desire for the bread 6:26-34This section of the text contains Jesus’ enigmatic and attractive description of the Bread of Life. Jesus was whetting His hearers’ appetites for it (cf. John 4:10). The pericope ends with them asking Him to give them the Bread (John 6:34). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:32-33

The people were viewing Moses as the source of their blessing in the past. They believed that the manna was given through his merits, and ended with his death. [Note: Edersheim, 2:30.] There is also some evidence that they believed Moses was interceding for them in the present as well. [Note: See Beasley-Murray, p. 79.] Jesus pointed them beyond Moses to the true source, namely, God. He wanted them to look to God for their needs, not to a human channel of God’s blessing.Jesus also turned the... read more

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