definitive revelation of God. Jesus’ unfinished question, “What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” (v. 62), is high rhetoric. Understood is the conclusion: “would that satisfy your doubts?” The question presupposes all that has been said so far about the Son of Man, but especially Jesus’ words in 3:13: “No one has ascended into heaven, but one has descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” Throughout the discourse of vv. 25–59 Jesus has pointed to himself as the bread