John 6:31-33 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 6:30-34

6:30-34 They said to him: "What sign are you going to perform that we may see it and believe in you? What is your work? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it stands written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus said to them: "This is the truth I tell you--Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the real bread from heaven. The bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world." They said to him: "Sir, always give us... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:31

Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness ,.... Which was a sort of food prepared by angels in the air, and rained down from thence about the tents of the Israelites; it was a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground; it was like a coriander seed, and the colour of it was the colour of bdellium: it was so called, either from מנה , "to prepare", because it was prepared, and got ready for the Israelites; or from the first words that were spoken upon sight of it, מן הו... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:32

Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you ,.... It is truth, and may be depended on, whether it will be believed or not: Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; in which Christ denies that that bread, or manna, did come from heaven; that is, from the highest heavens, only from the air, and was not such celestial bread he after speaks of, and which came down from the heaven of heavens: and moreover, he denies that Moses gave them that bread; it was the Lord that gave... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:33

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven ,.... In the way and manner just now mentioned: and which clearly points out Christ himself, who may be called "the bread of God"; to distinguish him from common bread, and to show the excellency of him, and that he is of God's providing and giving, and which he would have his children feed upon: and giveth life unto the world ; a spiritual life, which he is the author, supporter, and maintainer of; and eternal life, which he gives... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:31

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert - Their argument seems to run thus: Thou hast, we grant, fed five thousand men with five loaves and two small fishes; but what is this in comparison of what Moses did in the desert, who for forty years fed more than a million of persons with bread from heaven: do something like this, and then we will believe in thee, as we have believed in Moses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:32

Moses gave you not that bread from heaven - Our Lord refutes the argument of the Jews, by proving: That it was not Moses, but God, who gave the manna. That this bread was not the true bread, but was merely a type of it. That God had given them now a bread infinitely more excellent. That himself is that heavenly nourishment of which he spake, and who was typified by the manna in the desert. To show that himself was the true bread from heaven, he proves two things: That his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:31

Verse 31 31.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 beasts to fill their belly; for they discover this gross disposition, when they demand a Messiah by whom they are to be fed. And as to the magnificent terms in which they extol the grace of God in themanna, they do this cunningly, in order to bury the doctrine of Christ, by which he condemned them for immoderate desire of corruptible food; for they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:32

Verse 32 32.Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven. Christ appears to contradict what was quoted from the psalm, but he speaks only by comparison. The manna מן is called the bread of heaven, but it is for the nourishment of the body; but the bread which ought truly and properly to be reckoned heavenly, is that which gives spiritual nourishment to the soul. Christ therefore makes a contrast here between the world and heaven, because we ought not to seek the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:33

Verse 33 33.For the bread of God. Christ reasons negatively from the definition to the thing defined, in this manner: “The heavenly bread is that which hath come down from heaven to give life to the world In the manna there was nothing of this sort; and, therefore, the manna was not the heavenly bread. ” But, at the same time, he confirms what he formerly said, namely, that he is sent by the Father, in order that he may feed men in a manner far more excellent than Moses. True, the manna came... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:1-71

2. Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source . read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 6:30-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:33

The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:1-71

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