Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
Then (or 'therefore') said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread - speaking now with a certain reverence, as at John 6:25; the perpetuity of the manna floating perhaps in their minds, and much like the Samaritan woman, when her eyes were but half opened, "Sir, give me this water," etc. (John 4:15).