Direct
grows out of · not by bread alone
Every answer Jesus gives in the desert comes from Deuteronomy's reflection on the manna years, including 'man shall not live by bread alone'.
symbol · Old Testament
Manna
Exodus 16Bread from heaven, gathered daily, sustaining a people in the wilderness.
ExodusDwelling
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Exodus
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points forward to · the true bread
In John 6 the crowd asks for manna again, and Jesus answers that the bread from heaven was never ultimately about food: 'I am the bread of life.'
Echo
points forward to · bread in a desert place
A crowd in a wilderness fed to the full with bread they did not grow — the sign is built out of Exodus 16.