The feeding of the 5000. Remember that this story reminds the Jewish people of Moses. Jesus picks up on this theme over and over again in the discourse that follows. His audiences pick up on this fact also and ask Him flat out about Moses. Jesus even hauls out "God's business card," as my pastor says ("I am..."). This clearly would have gotten his audience's attention and have had them thinking about Exodus 3:14. I encourage you to read through this again sometime, thinking about manna and Moses.
At the end of this passage, there is another verse that caught my attention. After this hard teaching of Jesus, He asks His talmidim, "You do not want to leave, too, do you?" Peter answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life..."
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"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
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