Understanding the gospel: Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. John 6:32

The Gospel of John recounts that Jesus, after his encounter with Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman, arrived at the Sea of ​​Galilee and, seeing the multitude that followed him, and since they had nothing to eat, he was spiritually moved, he felt compassion, and performed the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves. And for John, the disciple most beloved by the divine master, the Lord's miracles had a deeper spiritual meaning than the event itself; the miracles were the answer to the divinity of Jesus. The Gospel of John, with its seven "I am" statements, portrays Jesus as the "son of man" revealed to humanity, a title also used by the prophet Ezekiel in his book.
The day after the miracle, Jesus was already in Capernaum, and the crowd that had eaten the bread followed him there, and Jesus began to speak to them about the bread of life. And in this way, Jesus began to introduce the common and simple people to the greatest mystery of the Kingdom of God. Jesus is the true bread that came down from heaven, and with these words he told them: "Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven" John 6:32.
The manna for the Israelites had signified God's answer to the hunger of a people who were to attain a promise, the promised land. But with Jesus, a new bread had arrived so that an Israel according to the Spirit could attain a new promise, the spiritual gift of eternal life. That is why Jesus insisted with determination: "I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty" John 6:35.
In the Gospel of John, the bread of life symbolizes the wisdom that men need to receive blessedness. Jesus is the personification of God's wisdom; Jesus is God, that is, the divine knowledge, who becomes the "son of man." Understanding the gospel of John means recognizing that Jesus is the realization of a new covenant with God, a pact no longer based on imperatives, the decalogue, but on that spiritual love, also called Agape, that invites men to a new life, the life according to the spirit.

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