John 6:29 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

John 6:29

27 ^aDo not labor for the food which perishes, but ^bfor the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^cbecause God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, ^a“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

30 Therefore they said to Him, ^a“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?

31 ^aOur fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^b‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but ^aMy Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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John 6:29

This is the work of God—That lies at the threshold of all acceptable obedience, being not only the prerequisite to it, but the proper spring of it—in that sense, the work of works, emphatically "the work of God."

John 6:28-31

What shall we do . . . the works of God—such works as God will approve. Different answers may be given to such a question, according to the spirit which prompts the inquiry. (See Hosea 6:6-8; Luke 3:12-14). Here our Lord, knowing whom He had to deal with, shapes His reply accordingly.

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