The people followed what He was saying up to this point. They asked that they might have this bread. In reply, Jesus changed from the third person to the first person: “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). This is the first of the great “I am’s” that Jesus spoke and John recorded in this Gospel. Six more are to come: “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12), “I am the gate [or door]” (John 10:7, 9), “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11, 14), “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25), “I