John
6:24-35
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Primary texts (Pseudepigrapha, Targum, Midrash, Targum) about Messainic Expectation from (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- XIX.17-29; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- Chapter III, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter VI, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- I.6, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.1, III.12, VI.1, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XXXVII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XXI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- I.23, I.33, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- XII.5, XII.33, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- From Augustine's Tractates on John: Tractate XXV (6:15-44).
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "The spiritual virtue of Christ is condemned by those that desire earthly miracles."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Constant exercise of faith in Christ, is the most important and difficult part of the obedience required from us, as sinners seeking salvation."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Hitherto Christ had been gathering hearers: he now begins to try their sincerity, by a figurative discourse concerning his passion, and the fruit of it, to be received by faith."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "But how could they ask "a sign," when many of them scarce a day before had witnessed such a "sign" as had never till then been vouchsafed to men; when after witnessing it, they could hardly be restrained from making Him a king; when they followed Him from the one side of the lake to the other; and when, in the opening words of this very discourse, He had chided them for seeking Him, "not because they saw the signs," but for the loaves?"
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "The true bread is for the soul instead of the body. It satisfies the soul's hunger and keeps it alive. The Father gives it by sending the Son, the true bread of Life. Of the true bread the manna was a type."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, John 6:24-35, Craig A. Satterlee, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "'The hymn powerfully portrays the plight of so many of God's children: "Across the world, across the street, the victims of injustice cry for shelter and for bread to eat, and never live before ...'"
- "The Surprise of Our Lives," David Lose, ...in the Meantime, 2015.
- "Perhaps this, in the end, is the hardest thing of all for us to accept about the sacraments: that they contain God's unexpected, surprising, unforeseen gift of God's own self."
- "The Jesus Diet," David F. Sellery, 2015.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- #DoItForJohn, Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2015.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- "The Politics of God's Sealed Message," Amy Allen, Political Theology Today, 2015.
- "Perishable Things," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer.
- "Jesus knew that we all have a tendency to put our faith in things that ultimately cannot satisfy the deepest longings of our soul. The only "bread" that can truly satisfy our hunger is the life that God offers us. "
- "Bread of Life Available Today," Bob Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, 2015.
- "I Am the Bread of Life," Bosco Peters, Liturgy, 2015.
- Bible Leads, Deeply Plaid, 2015.
- "Hunger-Free," Glenn Monson, Law and Gospel Everywhere, 2015.
- "Hunger," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2015.
- "Ours is a hasty meal. We need to be up again and off, on our way. This is a canteen, not a fine restaurant. It satisfies us – for now."
- "This Food That Perishes," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2015.
- "What do you think Jesus is getting at when he contrasts the food that perishes with that which endures for eternal life? What examples would you give of each? What experiences would you bring to this important conversation?"
- Comentario del San Juan 6:24-35, Manuel Villalobos Mendoza, Working Preacher, 2015.
- Commentary, John 6:24-35, Ginger Barfield, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "In this text, Jesus is trying to repair the faulty understanding the crowd took away from last Sunday's text."
- "Bread That Does Not Spoil," D Mark Davis, raw translation and exegesis/questions, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
- "Believing is the ‘work for the food that lasts’ that they are called to do. Believing is doing."
- "Jesus the Janitor?" Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2012.
- "Demands for signs and miracles are the marks of immature trust. To provide them on demand is an iniquitous error on the Church’s part."
- "Hit me," Rick Morley, 2012.
- "Simple things can be signs of things too great to even fully understand."
- Lectionary Greek, John 6:24-35, Rob Myallis, 2012.
- "Jesus' Got Talent: What Do You Have?" Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2012.
- "Nothing will change in this story until the crowd gets in on the act. We have to come up out of the audience and onto the stage."
- "Starving One's Body to Feed One's Soul," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
- "What disciplines help you keep in touch with your hunger for the 'food that endures?'"
- Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2012.
- "In this section of the fourth gospel, the food of God is contrasted with the food of old, or, to put it a different way, God's nourishment is being defined in a new way--not the old bread of life which fed some, but the new bread of life who feeds all."
- "Bread of Life Sermon Series," David Lose, Working Preacher, 2012.
- Discussion after the Miraculous Feeding, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
- Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
John 6:24-35, David Ewart, 2012.
- "The challenge here is to SEE which things perish and which things endure, and to embed ourselves - to abide in, to focus our living on - the things that endure. Because only the things that endure truly satisfy, and only the things that endure bring true life. "
- "Whose Boat Are You In?" Andrew Prior, 2012.
- "Our deeper understanding of Jesus and his signs pointing something to deeper; to the love and life given by God, is only truly understanding when we make a choice of allegiance."
- Bread of Life, prayer litany based on Psalm 51, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- "Why Do You Seek Jesus?" Michael Danner, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "Are you seeking bread, or other things, from Jesus when Jesus wants so much more?"
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
- Comentario del Evangelio por Ofelia Dávila Llimpe, Juan 6:24-35, Working Preacher, 2012.
- Commentary,
John 6:24-35, Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "Preachers may need to remind their congregations about last week's text and the feeding of the multitude because in today's text, John begins to unpack the meaning of that earlier event."
-
"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 10, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "John is a healthy antidote to activism which, without being rooted in a deep spiritual relationship, has difficulty sustaining itself and becomes in danger of a return to rules and obligations. John refreshingly calls us back to the spirituality of relationship in which love is celebrated and generated. That is profound nourishment."
- Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian
Resources.
- "The way to get the bread that comes down from heaven -- namely Jesus himself (v. 35) is to continue coming to him and continue believing in him (both present tense)."
- John 6:24-35, Ordinary 18B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "Bread from Heaven," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
-
Commentary, John 6:24-35, Rodney S. Sadler, Jr.,
The African American Lectionary, 2008.
- "Jesus is reason enough to find something worth loving in a foreign face; Jesus is cause enough to embrace others who wear different skin; Jesus is exactly the reason we need to put aside our enmity against those whose speak with tongues we cannot decipher. He is reason enough to overcome the chasms between us."
- 11th Sunday after Pentecost, John 6:1-71 -- The Bread Which Gives Life to the World, Paul S. Berge, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1985.
- "Bread of Life," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
"Then and Now,"
Ordinary 18B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "Are you a 'news hound?' Do you like to watch new talk shows or listen to political debate? Do you like to engage others in discussions of politics? Why?"
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 18B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
-
Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Note again the Johannine play on the physical versus the spiritual (32-33)--the food which perishes versus the food which remains for eternal life. Compare with chapter 4 where the contrast was between the water that quenched thirst temporarily versus the living water that would satisfy thirst forever."
- John 6:25-35, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Harvest Thanksgiving, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "The Bread
of Life (John 6:22-71)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "This sixth chapter of John is a watershed, a major turning point in the Gospel of John. From this point on, Jesus is not nearly as popular as He once was. His enemies are determined to do away with Him. From a historical point of view, it is only a matter of time until our Lord?s arrest, trial, and crucifixion."
- "Meals, Food and
Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament
Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
- "How can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what anthropologists call "the language of meals"?"
-
"Food
For Thought: The Bread of Life Discourse (John 6:25-71) in Johannine Legitimation,"
by James F. McGrath, from Theological Gathering 2 (Winter 1997).
- "...the bread of life discourse represents a christological exposition of the Old Testament manna tradition. Eucharistic language is thus probably used not as an end in itself, but because it enables faith in Jesus to be expounded in a way that is relevant to the Johannine community's legitimation of its beliefs and practices in the context of its conflict with the synagogue."
- Bread. Articles, commentary, etc from Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine.
- Commentary, John 6:24-35, Craig A. Satterlee, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bailey, Raymond,
"John 6," Review and Expositor, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Berge, Paul S., "The Bread Which
Gives Life to the World," Word & World, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Balfour, Glenn,
"The Jewishness of John's Use of the Scriptures in John 6:31 and
7:37-38," Tyndale Bulletin, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Crossan, John Dominic,
"It Is Written: A Structuralist Analysis of John 6," Semeia,
1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fowl, Stephen,
"John 6:25-35, Between Text and Sermon," Interpretation, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gingrich, F. Wilbur,
Review of Peder Borgen, Bread from Heaven: An Exegetical Study of the
Concept of Manna in the Gospel of John and the Writings of Philo. Brill,
1965. Journal of Biblical Literature, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 293)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kilmartin, S.J.,
"Liturgical Influence on John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1960.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koester, Craig R., "John Six and the
Lord's Supper," Lutheran Quarterly, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Laurence, John D., "The Eucharist as
the Imitation of Christ," Theological Studies, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lilly, Joseph L.,
"The Eucharistic Discourse of John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1950.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Naranjo-Huebl,
Linda, "'Take, Eat': Food Imagery, the Nurturing Ethic, and Christian
Identity in The Wide, Wide World, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," Christianity and
Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Menken, M.J.J.,
"The Provenance and Meaning of the Old Testament Quotation in John 6:31,"
Novum Testamentum, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Phillips, Gary A.,
"'This Is A Hard Saying. Who Can Be Listener To It?': Creating a Reader in
John 6," Semeia, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ruland, S.J., Vernon,
"Sign and Sacrament: John's Bread of Life Discourse," Interpretation,
1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rusch, Frederick A.,
"The Signs and the Discourse - The Rich Theology of John 6," Currents
in Theology and Mission, 1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Temple, Patrick J.,
"The Eucharist in St John 6," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1947.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Toppin, Shirlyn,
"'Soul Food' Theology: Pastoral Care and Practice through the Sharing of
Meals: A Womanist Reflection," Black Theology, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Voelz, James W., "The Discourse on
the Bread of Life in John 6: Is It Eucharistic?" Concordia Journal,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - VonWahlde, Urban C.,
"Faith and Works in Jn VI 28-29," Novum Testamentum, 1980.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yeago, David S.,
"The Bread of Life: Patristic Christology and Evangelical Soteriology in
Martin Luther's Sermons on John 6," St Vladimir's Theological
Quarterly, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bailey, Raymond,
"John 6," Review and Expositor, 1988.
- Sermons:
- "Out of Nowhere in the Middle of Nowhere," Pentecost 9, 6 August 2006, Luke Bouman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
- "What Do you Want?" the Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Day 1, 2003.
- "An American Thanksgiving," "Bread of Life," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "Rejection," the Rev. Dr. Elton Richards, Day 1, 1997.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 13B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015. 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary.
- "A Goal or a Gift?" children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
- "Bread of Life," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- John 5 & 6 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- "In Front of the Synagogue of Capernaum," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- "Tough Teaching," Jane and Mark Lewis, Potted Jam.
- "The Life Booster," Greg Brook, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art Images: John 6:24-34, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- John 6:24-35, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- John 6:24-35, John 6:30-35, John 6:30-35, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Bulletin Cover/Art, Bread of Life, John Stuart, Knoxville, TN. (Free use by churches.)
- Hymns and Music:
- "Where Is Bread?" original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH 8.7.8.7.D ("God Is Here!").
- "O Jesus, You Were Born to Be" original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, celebrates the names and titles of Jesus, including the Bread of Life (John 6:35), tunes: TRURO ("Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates") and TALLIS' CANON ("All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night").
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 6:32, 33, 35. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
