en_tn_condensed/jhn/06/41.md

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Connecting Statement:

The Jewish leaders interrupt Jesus as he is speaking to the crowd.

grumbled

talked unhappily

I am the bread

Just as bread is necessary for our physical life, Jesus is necessary for our spiritual life. See how you translated this in John 6:35. AT: "I am the one who is like true bread" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Is not this Jesus ... whose father and mother we know?

This remark appears in the form of a question to emphasize that the Jewish leaders believe that Jesus is no one special. AT: "This is just Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know! (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

How then does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?

This remark appears in the form of a question to emphasize that the Jewish leaders do not believe that Jesus came from heaven. AT: "He is lying when he says that he came from heaven!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

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