“For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”
'For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.' — the bread of God (artos tou theou) is heavenly in origin and universal in effect. The phrase gives life to the world (didomi zoen to kosmo) applies salvation to all humanity without ethnic limit.
Church Fathers on John 6:33
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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