Jean 6:28

28 Ils lui dirent donc: Que ferons-nous pour travailler aux ouvres de Dieu?

Jean 6:28 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:28

Then said they unto him
Understanding by what he said, that they must labour and work, though not for perishing food, yet for durable food; and as they imagined, in order to obtain eternal life by working:

what shall we do that we might work the works of God?
Such as are agreeable to his will, are acceptable to him, and well pleasing in his sight: they seem to intimate, as if they desired to know whether there were any other works of this kind, than what Moses had directed them to, or than they had done; and if there were, they suggest they would gladly do them; for this was the general cast and complexion of this people; they were seeking for righteousness, and life not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the law.

Jean 6:28 In-Context

26 Jésus leur répondit et leur dit: En vérité, en vérité je vous le dis, vous me cherchez, non parce que vous avez vu des miracles, mais parce que vous avez mangé des pains, et que vous avez été rassasiés.

27 Travaillez, non point pour la nourriture qui périt, mais pour celle qui demeure jusqu'à la vie éternelle, et que le Fils de l'homme vous donnera; car le Père, Dieu, l'a marqué de son sceau.

28 Ils lui dirent donc: Que ferons-nous pour travailler aux ouvres de Dieu?

29 Jésus leur répondit: C'est ici l'ouvre de Dieu, que vous croyiez en celui qu'il a envoyé.

30 Alors ils lui dirent: Quel miracle fais-tu donc, que nous le voyions et que nous croyions en toi? Quelle œuvre fais-tu?