reason. As S. Cyril says, “By another wonderful thing He urges them to faith,” and that appositely. For the ascension of Christ into heaven signified that He came down from heaven (for He went back from whence He came), and therefore that He was the Living Bread which came down from heaven, which was what He here wished to persuade the Capharnaites. Maldonatus explains otherwise, thus, “When ye shall hear that I have ascended into heaven, what will ye say? Surely ye will be still more scandalized;