For the bread of God is he which cometh down from
heaven,
&c.] In the way and manner just now mentioned: and which
clearly points out Christ himself, who may be called "the bread
of God"; to distinguish him from common bread, and to show the
excellency of him, and that he is of God's providing and giving,
and which he would have his children feed upon:
and giveth life unto the world;
a spiritual life, which he is the author, supporter, and
maintainer of; and eternal life, which he gives a right unto and
meetness for, and nourishes up unto; and this not to a few only,
or to the Israelites only, but to the Gentiles also, and even to
the whole world of God's elect: not indeed to every individual in
the world, for all are not quickened now, not shall inherit
eternal life hereafter; but to all the people of God, in all
parts of the world, and in all ages of time; of such extensive
virtue and efficacy is Christ, the bread of God, in which he
appears greatly superior to that manna the Jews instance in.