Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:28
That we might work the works of God? - That is, Divine works, or such as God can approve. read more
John-6:24-35,-2-samuel-11:26-12:13
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:29
This is the work of God, that ye believe - There is nothing you can be employed in more acceptable to God than in yielding to the evidence set before you, and acknowledging me as your Messiah and the Savior of a lost world. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:30
What sign - Τι σημειον , What miracle; so the word is evidently used, John 2:11 , John 2:23 , and in many other places. That we may see, and believe thee - That, having seen the miracle, we may believe thee to be the promised Messiah. They had already seen the miracle of the five loaves, and did not believe; and it was impossible for them to see any thing more descriptive of unlimited power and goodness. Even miracles themselves are lost on persons whose hearts are fixed on the... 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
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:34
Lord, evermore give us this bread - Either meaning, "Let the miracle of the manna be renewed, and continue among us for ever:" or, "Let that bread of which thou hast spoken, become our constant nourishment." The Jews expected that, when the Messiah should come, he would give them all manner of delicacies, and, among the rest, manna, wine, and spicy oil. From the following extract, we may see where Mohammed got his Paradise. "Many affirm, says Rab. Mayemon, that the hope of Israel is this:... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:35
I am the bread of life - That is, the bread which gives life, and preserves from death. He that cometh to me - The person who receives my doctrine, and believes in me as the great atoning sacrifice, shall be perfectly satisfied, and never more feel misery of mind. All the guilt of his sins shall be blotted out, and his soul shall be purified unto God; and, being enabled to love him with all his heart, he shall rest, fully, supremely, and finally happy, in his God. read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:25
Verse 25 25.On the other side of the sea. We have already said that Capernaum was not situated on the opposite shore; for Tiberias is situated on that part of the lake where it is broadest, Bethsaida follows next, and Capernaum lies near the lowest part, not far from where the river Jordan issues from the lake. Now, when John places it on the other side of the lake itself, we must not understand him as if its position were directly across, but because, at the lower extremity, the lake made a... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:26
Verse 26 26.Jesus answered them. Christ does not reply to the question put to him, which would have been fitted to show to them his power in having come thither by a miracle. (134) But, on the contrary, he chides them for throwing themselves forward without consideration; for they were not acquainted with the true and proper reason of what he did, because they sought in Christ something else than Christ himself. The fault which he complains of in them is, that they seek Christ for the sake of... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:27
Labor not for the meat - That is, for that only, but also for the bread, etc. Our Lord wills every man to be active and diligent in that employment in which providence has placed him; but it is his will also that that employment, and all the concerns of life, should be subservient to the interest of his soul. But for that meat, etc. - He who labors not, in the work of his salvation, is never likely to enter into the kingdom of God. Though our labor cannot purchase it, either in whole or... read more