Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 6:32

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 6:32 - 6:32

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 6:32 - 6:32

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32. Μωυσῆς. See on Joh 1:17. Christ answers their thought rather than their questions, τί ποιεῖς; τί ἐργάζῃ; He shews them that He understands their insinuation, that He is inferior to Moses, and He denies both their points; (1) that Moses gave the manna; (2) that the manna was in the truest sense bread out of heaven.

τὸν ἄρτον … τὸν ἀληθινόν. Emphatic repetition of the article; the bread out of heaven, the true bread; ‘true’ in the sense of ‘real’ and ‘perfect,’ a complete realisation of what it professes to be; see on Joh 1:9. The manna was only a type, and therefore imperfect. Note the change from ἔδωκεν to δίδωσιν: God is continually giving the true bread; it is not given at one time and then no more, like the manna.