John 6:27

Do not work for the okhel that is perishing, but for the okhel remaining to Chayyei Olam, which the Bar Enosh + 6:27 Moshiach will give to you, for Elohim HaAv has set His chotam (seal) on this one. + 6:27 Isa 55:2

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

In Context

26In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Omein, omein, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw otot (miraculous signs), but because you ate of the loaves and were glutted.

28Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, What may we do that we may work the pe'ulot Hashem?

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Cross References

Psalms 2:7I will declare the chok (decree): 1 Hashem hath said unto me, 1 Thou art Beni (My Son); + 2:7 i.e. Ben HaElohim Moshiach 1 HaYom (today) I have begotten thee. 1

Proverbs 2:2So that thou incline thine ear unto chochmah, 1 and apply thine lev to tevunah (understanding); 1

Ecclesiastes 6:7All the amal (labor) of haAdam is for his mouth, and yet the nefesh is not satisfied.

Isaiah 42:1Here is Avdi, + 42:1 Moshiach, see Zech 3:8; Isa 52:13 whom I uphold; 1 Mine Bechir (Elect One, Chosen One), in whom My nefesh delighteth; 1 I have put My Ruach + 42:1 Hakodesh upon Him; 1 He + 42:1 Moshiach shall bring forth mishpat to the Goyim. 1

Isaiah 61:1The Ruach + 61:1 Hakodesh of Adonoi Hashem is upon me, + 61:1 Moshiach 1 because Hashem mashach (hath anointed) me + 61:1 Moshiach 1 to preach besurah (good news, glad tidings) unto the anavim (meek, poor, oppressed); 1 He hath sent me to bind up the nishberei lev (the brokenhearted), 1 to proclaim deror (freedom, liberty) for the shevuyim ([Golus] captives), 1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 1

Habakkuk 2:13Hinei, is it not from Hashem Tzva'os 1 that the people shall labor only to feed the eish, 1 and the people shall weary themselves in vain? 1

Matthew Henry on John 6:23-28

Christ's Discourse with the Multitude. 22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; 23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his… Read the whole commentary →

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