Jesus makes the statement “I am the bread of life.”
Disbelief sets in on the participants. Even though Jewish tradition and the Talmud had many teachings in Jewish schools on the phrases “eating and drinking” in a metaphorical sense.They criticize His choice of words, they get mad and angry and some of them – His own followers leave!John 6:52-71-In the Talmud on Ecclesiastics all the references to eating and drinking are understood in the parabolic style of speaking about the law. Bread is frequently used in Jewish written doctrine.Rabbi Hillel talks about “Eating the Messiah” yet the Jewish leaders had no quarrel with his phraseology.