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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? They wanted to do the greatest of all works; for, by “the works of God” they evidently meant the most important, the most sublime, the greatest of all works: “What shall we do in order to work such works as these?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? “We want to do the best works, the noblest works, the most acceptable works in all the world; tell us what we: should do in order to perform a Godlike work.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God,.... 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That ye believe on him whom he hath sent. This is the point. You would like me to work miracles. You would be glad to have very wonderful, mysterious experience, but this is the thing you ought to seek after — the grandest, greatest thing that you can have, :’ that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. The grandest work that any man can do is to believe on the Saviour whom God has sent. There are some who despise faith, but Christ was not of that number. He honoured it exceedingly when he said, in effect “This is the Godlike work, the work which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. The greatest, the best, the most acceptable work in all the world is that you come and trust Christ. This saves you; nothing else will do so: “This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. This is a wonderful statement, which is just as true now as when Christ uttered it in Capernaum. The greatest and best work that any of you can do is to believe on Jesus Christ; though, in another sense, this is not a work at all, but ceasing from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, “The highest and best work which you can accomplish is” Joh_6:29. That ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Faith is the noblest of the graces; it is the very essence of true worship; it contains within itself the germs of all excellence; and the man who believes in Christ has done that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They said therefore unto him,.... 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,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Are you not wonderfully struck with the patience of Jesus? These people had seen his miracles, and they had eaten loaves and fishes, and yet they say to him, “What sign showest thou, then, that we may see and believe thy work?” Oh,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? What strange questions for them to ask when he had amazed them with his wonderful works.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. See how they came round to the old subject again, bread to eat. The Lord Jesus Christ may point them to something higher and better; but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, what sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? This was a shameful question to put to Christ when they had so recently been miraculously fed by him, and so had received the best sign of his divine power in the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from, heaven to eat. Do you see the drift of their talk? They are still looking after the loaves and fishes; and, therefore, whatever Christ may say, they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness,.... Which was a sort of food prepared by angels in the air, and rained down from thence about the tents of the Israelites; it was a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground; it was like a coriander seed, and the colour of it was the colour of bdellium: it was so called, either from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat, Plainly hinted that they wanted more food.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. They talk about “bread” again, how they persist in coming back to that! You know the questions that men of the world are always asking, “What shall we eat, what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?” This is the worldings’ wretched...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, he gave them bread from Heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you,.... It is truth, and may be depended on, whether it will be believed or not: Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; in which Christ denies that that bread, or manna, did come from heaven; that is, from the highest heavens, only from the air, and was not such celestial bread he after...