They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
      (1.) He shows what it is to  believe in Christ.  [1.] To believe in Christ is to  come to Christ.  He that  comes to  me is the same with him that  believes in me  (John 6:35), and again (John 6:37):  He that comes unto me;  so  ; John 6:44-45. Repentance towards God is  coming to him  (Jeremiah 3:22) as our chief good and highest end; and so faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ is coming to him as our prince and Saviour, and our way to the Father. It denotes the out-goings of our affection towards him, for these are the motions of the soul, and actions agreeable; it is to  come off  from all those things that stand in opposition to him or competition with him, and to  come up  to those terms upon which life and salvation are offered to us through him. When he was here on earth it was more that barely coming where he was; so it is now more than coming to his word and ordinances. [2.] It is to  feed upon Christ  (; John 6:51):  If any man eat of this bread.  The former denotes applying ourselves to Christ; this denotes applying Christ to ourselves, with appetite and delight, that we may receive life, and strength, and comfort from him. To feed on him as the Israelites on the manna, having quitted the  fleshpots  of Egypt, and not depending on the  labour of their hands  (to eat of that), but living purely on the bread given them from heaven.