Literary History of John 6:25-69:
The apostle John was an eyewitness to the life and
teachings
of Jesus. He was one of the Twelve. He was also the
last of the
Apostles to write and to die. He refers to himself
as the
"disciple whom Jesus loved."
Following the details of the multiplication of the
loaves and
fishes--biographical, Jesus walking on the
sea--biographical,
Jesus reacts to the crowds' need for signs. Jesus
takes them
from manna, bread from heaven, to "true bread
from heaven
(v. 32)" ... "I am the bread (v.
35)." "I am the bread that came
down from heaven (v. 41)." This is God saying
this: "I am the
bread that came down from heaven." If He was
not really the
bread that came down from heaven, His omnipotent and
creative
Word would then have made it so.