6:32 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, 3 it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.
1 sn Nathanael is traditionally identified with Bartholomew (although John never describes him as such). He appears here after Philip, while in all lists of the twelve except in Acts 1:13, Bartholomew follows Philip. Also, the Aramaic Bar-tolmai means “son of Tolmai,” the surname; the man almost certainly had another name.
2 tn “Also” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
3 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”