They said therefore unto him, What sign do you show then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work?
All Commentaries on John 6:30 Go To John 6
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
What sign then dost thou shew? And foreseeing that he might, with great propriety, allege the recent miracle, they contrast it with what Moses performed in the desert. It is true, they say, you once fed 5,000 persons with five loaves; but our fathers, to the number of 600,000 did eat, not for once, but during forty years, manna in the desert; a species of food infinitely superior to barley bread. (Bible de Vence) See Numbers i. 46.
