Christ's Example and Comfort to His Disappointed Servants
R. Besser, D. D. John 6:26-27 Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles… The missionary, Henry Martyn, at Dinapore, used to gather around him every week a crowd of poor Hindoos. They came eagerly, but, alas! Martyn soon perceived that they were more concerned about the loaves which he was in the habit of distributing amongst them than about the Bread of Life in the gospel! He was ready to despair, and had almost resolved to give up his preaching. Then he remembered this 26th verse, and he said to himself, "If the Lord Jesus was not ashamed of preaching to such bread-seekers, who am I, that I should give them over in disgust?" The next time he preached on verse 27, and had the delight of being asked by two or three Hindoos, "What must we do to be saved?" (R. Besser, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. WEB: Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.