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John Gill
Then said they unto him,.... Understanding by what he said, that they must labour and work, though not for perishing food, yet for durable food; and as they imagined, in order to obtain eternal life by working: what shall we do that we might work the works of God? Such as are agreeable to his will, are acceptable to him, and well pleasing in his sight: they seem to intimate, as if they desired to...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves, ver. 1-14. II. Christ's walking upon the water, ver. 15-21. III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum, ver. 22-25. IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food (ver. 26, 27), showing them how they must labour for spiritual...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, — The chief work, the greatest work which you can do.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? “What is the noblest work that we can do? What is that work which will please God most?”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? “What are the best works that we can do? What are the most acceptable?” I wonder what they expected Christ to say. I am sure they did not look for the answer that they received.
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?”
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.”