They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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Gill's Exposition
Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness,.... Which was a sort of food prepared by angels in the air, and rained down from thence about the tents of the Israelites; it was a small round thing, as…
Barnes' Notes
What sign showest thou? - On the word sign, compare the notes at Isa 7:14. What miracle dost thou work to prove that thou art the Messiah? They had just seen the miracle of the loaves in the desert,…
Adam Clarke
What sign - Τι σημειον, What miracle; so the word is evidently used, Joh 2:11, Joh 2:23, and in many other places.
That we may see, and believe thee - That, having seen the miracle, we may believe…
Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of…
Cambridge Bible
What sign shewest thou then -Thou" is emphatic: -what dost Thou on Thy part?" They quite understand that in the words -Him whom He hath sent" Jesus is claiming to be the Messiah; but they want a…
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