John 6: 30-35

John 6: 30-35

1. What happens before?:-

   • John 6- /7 sign- feeding the 5000, walking on water
     • Bread of Life- theme of eternal life, setting of passover
       • Greek= Zoe- Eternal life

2. Verse 30

   • As a condition for believeing, the crowd demand another sign
   • They have already seen signs eg feeding, walking on water
     • Asking for further signs as though he hasn't performed enough to satisfy them
   • Johannine play on physical versus spiritual- food that perishes/food remains for eternal life

3. Verse 32

   • "Very truly"- Amen Amen, showing the importance of what Jesus is about to say
   • Exodus 16- Moses and the manna
     • Uses this to say that it is through someone even greater who gives the true bread of life
   • Comparison with Moses- key verse for Jesus' declaration that he is 'bread of life'

4. Verse 33

   • shifts from Bread of Heaven to bread of God
     • bread of God is not food for the body but life to the world

5. Verse 31

   • Dialogue between Jesus and the crowd is similar to the conversation with the Samaritan woman who askes if he is greater than Jacob
     • The crowd want to know if he can compare to Moses

6. Verse 34

   • They begin to understand that this is a new type of bread but do not know that it is Jesus
   • This passage still indicates a connection with John 6 and Samaritan woman through the physical that gives eternal life

7. Verse 35

   • Greek= Ego emi- I Am
     • Indicates his divinity and God's self-identification is now claimed by Jesus
   • Jesus is the bread, just like in chapter 4 he is the water, that satisfies forever
   • Jesus uses human elements of life to show that he is the one who meets all of man's needs

8. What happens after?:-

   • When Jesus finishes this discourse, there is hostility towards Jesus from the crown and some leave him.
   • Jesus later introduces the Holy Spirit and how the Spirit gives life.