John 6:49 Commentary and Bible Study

You are telling me I must do something greater than Moses to prove I am from heaven. But the bread Moses gave them was not so great because all those who ate it are now dead – they are dead physically, and for the most part they are dead spiritually. It was not able to give real life them which could deliver them from death permanently, because it was only a symbol and not the real thing. The tragedy was that God gave them this picture to teach them about Christ, the true bread of life, but when he came they foolishly preferred the symbol to the reality.