“This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.”
'But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. — the bread from heaven is accessible to all (ean tis fagi) and prevents death. This is not mere physical sustenance but spiritual transformation.
Church Fathers on John 6:50
Our Lord wishes to reveal what He is; Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes in Me, has everlasting life. As if He said; He that believes in Me has Me: but what is it to have Me? It is to have eternal life: for the Word which was in the beginning with God is life eternal, and the life was the light of men. Life underwent death, that life might kill death.
The multitude being urgent for bodily food, and reminding Him of that which was given to their fathers, He tells them that the manna was only a type of that spiritual food which was now to be tasted in reality, I am that bread of life.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
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