Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Verse 35. I am the bread of life. I am the support of spiritual life; or my doctrines will give life and peace to the soul. Shall never hunger. . (s) "he that cometh to me" (t) "he that believeth on me"
Christ puts before them the very bread they mockingly demanded. The metaphor reaches us better than bare words: when we eat bread, we feel our weakness and God's power in it, and so we grasp that Christ nourishes our souls more vividly than if He simply said He is our life. Yet bread sustains life already possessed; Christ gives life its beginning, so the figure falls short of the full truth.
AI summary
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (i) Which has life and gives life.