John 6:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Labour, [ ergazesthe (G2038 ), or 'work'] not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man - taking that title of Himself which denoted His incarnate life.

Shall give unto you - in the sense of John 6:51.

For him hath God the Father sealed, х touton (G5126) gar (G1063) ho (G3588) Pateer (G3962) esfragisen (G4972) ho (G3588) Theos (G2316)] - rather, perhaps, 'for Him hath the Father sealed, even God;' that is, marked out and authenticated for that transcendent office, to impart to the world the bread of an everlasting life, and this in the character of "the Son of Man."

John 6:27

27 Labour nota for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.