Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:59
59. Said he in the synagogue… in Capernaum Our Evangelist thinks, wisely, that he has here made a great record, and he carefully notes the place: he well remembers it. read more
59. Said he in the synagogue… in Capernaum Our Evangelist thinks, wisely, that he has here made a great record, and he carefully notes the place: he well remembers it. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:58
4 . To be placed on record by his apostolic reporter for the instruction of his Church through all generations. Blessed be the name of the Lord our God for the holy record! 58. Your fathers did eat manna The figure of the manna, by his gainsayers first adduced, (John 6:31,) suggested by the bread to the five thousand, pervades all this discourse. Manna, bread, flesh, blood, Christ, are the serial terms along which the thought runs. read more