John Chapter 6 verse 34 Holy Bible
They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
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Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
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They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.
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Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
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They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
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They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - They said therefore to him, Lord! His hearers have clearly been more impressed than ever with the extraordinary claims of the speaker. They have risen from the "Rabbi" of ver. 26 to "Kyrie," which implies, as the "Kyrie," or "Sir," or "Lord" of John 4:15, some advance in their tone of deference. The request that follows is neither ironical nor sarcastic, nor need it be as carnal in its spirit as the similar language of the woman of Samaria (John 4:15). They have some dim notion of "doing the works of God," and of some heavenly satisfaction given to their earthly wants. It may be that they imagine some material thing coming down out of heaven, more potent and lasting than the historic manna. Lord, evermore - "at all times," "continuously" - give us this bread, of which you speak, and which as Son of man you are able to bestow, which will not be limited in quantity, which will prove to be the elixir of life, the food of the eternal life, and which will satisfy all our hunger, abolish our poverty, make us indifferent to death. A great prayer this, which Christ showed himself not unwilling to answer in his own way.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) Lord, evermore give us. . . .--Comp. Note on John 4:15. It would be better to read Sir for "Lord" here, as there. They, as the Samaritan woman, think of the satisfaction of physical need. They do not realise that man does not live by bread alone. The manna fell from heaven and gave life to their fathers; He has spoken of bread of God coming in the same way, and giving life. He has given them bread on earth, which they ate yesterday, but they hunger again to-day. Could He give them "evermore this bread?"
