In John 3, Jesus tries to move Nicodemus from thinking of the “signs” in terms of “earthly things” (a physical re-birth) to “heavenly things”—rebirth by the Spirit, inseparably tied to baptism. In John 6, he urges the people not to seek earthly bread through another multiplication miracle, but heavenly bread—himself and his eucharistic presence, through which the Spirit gives life. And without doubt, in Jesus’ hierarchy of significance, the eucharistic bread of his “flesh” is “greater” than the bread