difference; the bread from heaven which giveth life unto the world is myself, and not manna, nor anything of a like nature. Your fathers ate manna, which did not prevent their dying; but here is bread which will effectually produce the result you desire. Ἵνα, in order that, depends on καταβαίνων, that cometh down, and governs the two verbs eat and die. To eat and not to die are conceived of as two distinct but inseparable acts. To perform the one (to eat) is in effect to realize the second (not
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