Mark

Cheryl,

You emphasised ‘world’ ( i wish i could bold!). Why is that?

This text is not talking about the atonement, this text is talking about the ‘life’ that Jesus gives- eternal life.

Clearly Jesus does not give ‘life’ (eternal life in the context) to every single person since he is not a universalist. So here is another clear example where universal language is not meant to be understood to mean every single person in the world.

I agree that Jesus highlights that the crowd were ‘seeking’ him. That was a good addition. This is precisely because they were seeking the ‘wrong’ thing. They were unable to ‘seek’ spiritual salvation because they were unable to ‘believe’ without the intervention of God. They were blind to the true nature of Jesus miracles and proclamation.

Also note that it was Jesus testimony that it was the ‘Father’ who gave the manna to the Israelites. Here we see one example of the differing relationships and roles of the Father and Son.