The Pulpit Commentary on John 6:32

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Jesus therefore said to them, with the tones of special emphasis, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses, of whom you are reasonably thinking with due reverence, who gave £ you the bread out of heaven.

There are two assertions here. There is also an implication, which the hearers of Jesus were called on to make.

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