58. A general summing-up of the whole, returning from the Flesh and Blood to the main theme,—the Bread from heaven and its superiority to the highest earthly food. Οὗτος again may be subject or predicate; there is no ἵνα (John 6:50) or ὅτι to lead up to, but the οὐ καθὼς κ.τ.λ. seems to shew that οὗτος is the predicate. Ὁ καταβάς corresponds to ἀπέστειλε in John 6:57; both aorists refer to the historic fact of the Incarnation. In this sense Christ came once for all: in another sense He is always coming, ὁ καταβαίνων (John 6:50).

οὐ καθὼς κ.τ.λ. Irregularly expressed contrast to οὖτος: Of this nature (giving eternal life) is the Bread which came down from heaven; not as the fathers did eat and died (John 6:49). Comp. 1 John 3:11-12.

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