King James Bible
"I am that bread of life."
Jesus uses the divine name revealed to Moses (Exodus 3:14), asserting his deity and eternal existence. This declaration follows his feeding of the 5,000, where he positions himself as greater than the miracle itself. Jesus identifies himself as the true sustenance that satisfies spiritual hunger permanently, contrasting with both physical bread and the manna in the wilderness that sustained temporarily. He claims to be the essential nourishment for eternal life, not merely a provider of it.