At this time of the year, every Year B, the lectionary offers us five weeks of readings from John 6, revolving around the motif of Jesus as “the living bread which came down from heaven”. The story of the feeding of the crowd of “men … about 5,000 in all” (John 6:1–14) replicates the story … Continue reading Misunderstanding Jesus: “they came to make him a king” (John 6; Pentecost 9B)