ACC ~ John 6 v30
THEY ASK FOR YET ANOTHER MIRACLE
CHRYSOSTOM: There is nothing worse, nothing more shameful, than gluttony, which clouds the judgment and reduces the soul to satisfying appetitesā¦. For instance, nothing can be more unreasonable than their asking for another miracle, as if none had been given already. And they do not even leave the choice of the miracle to our Lord but would oblige him to give them just that sign that was given to their ancestors: āOur fathers ate manna in the desert.āā¦ There were many miracles performed in Egypt, at the Red Sea and in the desert, and yet they remembered this one the best of any. Such is the force of appetiteā¦. They do not mention this miracle as the work either of God or of Moses, in order to avoid raising Jesus on the one hand to an equality with God or lowering him on the other by a comparison with Moses. Rather, they take the middle ground, only saying, āOur fathers ate manna in the desert.ā HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 45.1. [1]
[1] NPNF 1 14:159-60**.
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