SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:29
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Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 6:29
Verse 29. This is the work of God, that ye believe] There is nothing you can be employed in more acceptable to God than in yielding to the evidence set before you, and acknowledging me as your Messiah and the saviour of a lost world.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 29. Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God , etc.] The main and principal one, and which is well pleasing in his sight; and without which it is impossible to please him; and without which no work whatever is a good work; and this is of the operation of God, which he himself works in men; it is not of themselves, it is the pure gift of God: that ye believe on him whom he hath sent ; there are other works which are well pleasing to God, when rightly performed, but faith is the chief work, and others are only acceptable when done in the faith of Christ. This, as a principle, is purely Gods work; as it is an act, or as it is exercised under the influence of divine grace, it is mans act: that ye believe; the object of it is Christ, as sent by the Father, as the Mediator between God and men, as appointed by him to be the Saviour and Redeemer; and believing in Christ, is believing in God that sent him. The Jews reduce all the six hundred and thirteen precepts of the law, for so many they say there are, to this one, the just shall live by his faith, ( Habakkuk 2:4). f267 Ver. 30. They said therefore unto him , etc.] Seeing he proposed believing in him as the grand work of God to be done, and what is most acceptable in his sight: what sign showest thou then, that we may see and believe thee ? The people of the Jews were always requiring signs and wonders, and when they had one and another shown them, they still sought for more, and were never satisfied; (see Matthew 12:39 16:1). These men had lately seen various signs and miracles of Christ, as healing the sick, and feeding live thousand of them, and more, with five loaves, and two fishes; and though, for the time present, these had some influence upon them, and they were ready to believe he was that prophet; yet now, at least some of them, begin to retract, and signify, that unless some other, and greater signs were shown, they should not believe in him as the Messiah: what dost thou work ? more than others, or Moses. They seem to make light of the miracle of the loaves, or at least require some greater sign and miracle, to engage their belief in him as the Messiah; and as they were lovers of their bellies, and expected dainties in the times of the Messiah, they seem to move for, and desire miracles of that kind to be wrought; and which sense the following words confirm.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 28-35 - Constant exercise of faith in Christ, is the most important an difficult part of the obedience required from us, as sinners seeking salvation. When by his grace we are enabled to live a life of faith in the Son of God, holy tempers follow, and acceptable services may be done. God, even his Father, who gave their fathers that food from heaven to support their natural lives, now gave them the true Bread for the salvation of their souls. Coming to Jesus, and believing on him signify the same. Christ shows that he is the true Bread; he is to the soul what bread is to the body, nourishes and supports the spiritual life. He is the Bread of God. Bread which the Father gives, which he has made to be the food of our souls. Bread nourishes only by the powers of a living body; but Christ is himself living Bread, an nourishes by his own power. The doctrine of Christ crucified is now a strengthening and comforting to a believer as ever it was. He is the Bread which came down from heaven. It denotes the Divinity of Christ' person and his authority; also, the Divine origin of all the good whic flows to us through him. May we with understanding and earnestness say Lord, evermore give us this Bread.
Greek Textus Receptus
απεκριθη 611 5662 V-ADI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM και 2532 CONJ ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM τουτο 5124 D-NSN εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S το 3588 T-NSN εργον 2041 N-NSN του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM ινα 2443 CONJ πιστευσητε 4100 5661 V-AAS-2P εις 1519 PREP ον 3739 R-ASM απεστειλεν 649 5656 V-AAI-3S εκεινος 1565 D-NSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
29. Believe. Faith is put as a moral act or work. The work of God is to believe. Faith includes all the works which God requires. The Jews' question contemplates numerous works. Jesus' answer directs them to one work. Canon Westcott justly observes that "this simple formula contains the complete solution of the relation of faith and works."
