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Work not for (mē ergazesthe). Prohibition with mē and present middle imperative of ergazomai, old verb from ergon, work.
The meat (tēn brōsin). The act of eating (Rom 14:17), corrosion (Mat 6:19), the thing eaten as here (2Co 9:10). See note on Joh 4:32.
Which perisheth (tēn apollumenēn). Present middle participle of apollumi. They were already hungry again.
Unto eternal life (eis zōēn aiōnion). Mystical metaphor quite beyond this crowd hungry only for more loaves and fishes. Bernard thinks that John has here put together various sayings of Christ to make one discourse, a gratuitous interpretation.
Will give (dōsei). Future active indicative of didōmi. The outcome is still future and will be decided by their attitude towards the Son of man (Joh 6:51).
For him the Father, even God, hath sealed (touton gar ho patēr esphragisen ho theos). Literally, “For this one the Father sealed, God.” First aorist active indicative of sphragizō, to seal. See elsewhere in Joh 3:33 (attestation by man). Sealing by God is rare in N.T. (2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30). It is not clear to what item, if any single one, John refers when the Father set his seal of approval on the Son. It was done at his baptism when the Holy Spirit came upon him and the Father spoke to him. Cf. Joh 5:37.