ACC ~ John 6 v1

JOHN’S DOCTRINAL PERSPECTIVE

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: From here the evangelist passes to the account of the miracle of the bread, which all the other evangelists related as well. However John reports this episode because of the doctrine that was drawn by our Lord from it and that was omitted by the others. He believed that this (doctrine) needed especially to be related in his narrative. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 3.6.1. [1]

[1] CSCO 4 3:130.

JESUS EVADES HIS PERSECUTORS FOR A TIME

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: [If] our enemies persecute us, it is possible for us to behave well towards them by leaving them for a time, even when there is no harm in remaining. By evading their attacks and avoiding their rage, we may find that their anger abates and thus we may undercut the boldness of their arrogance…. To do the work of love then is not necessarily enduring those who wish us evil, nor to remain among one’s enemies, causing them to become even more bitter and angry because they are unable to soften our opposition. Love then, as Paul says, “does not insist on its own way,” [1] and this was [certainly true] in Christ. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 3.4. [2]

[1] 1 Cor 13:5.

[2] LF 43:315**.

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