“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
'Our ancestors ate manna in the desert; as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."' — the crowd invokes Scripture (citing Exodus 16:4 and Psalms 78:24) to frame the Exodus provision as the standard miracle. The reference to Moses implicitly asks: are you greater than Moses?
Church Fathers on John 6:31
They understood that the meat, which remains to eternal life, was the work of God: and therefore they ask Him what to do to work the work of God, i.e. obtain the meat: Then said they to Him, What shall we do that we might work the works of God?
i.e. By keeping what commandments shall we be able to fulfill the law of God?
But they said this, not that they might learn, and do them, but to obtain from Him another exhibition of His bounty.
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