<p>6:43 <i>Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves</i>- The record of the disciples' murmuring in John 6 reflects how influenced they were by the Jews around them. &quot;The Jews then murmured at him&quot;, and the Lord rebukes them: &quot;Murmur not among yourselves&quot;. But then we read of how &quot;Jesus knew in himself that his disciples were murmuring&quot; (Jn. 6:40,43,61). And again, remember that these gospel records were written by the repentant disciples, and they were using the example of their own weakness in order to appeal to others. The disciples appeared to share Judaism's idea that Moses never sinned. When the Lord challenges them to find food for the crowd in the desert, they quote Moses' hasty words: &quot;Whence shall I have flesh to give unto all this people?&quot;; and note Moses almost mocks God by saying that all the fish of the sea wouldn't be enough to feed the people (Num. 11:13,22). Faced with the same need for bread and fish, the disciples justified their lack of faith by quoting Moses, apparently unwilling to accept that Moses' words at that time were not of faith. The way everything worked out, they doubtless learnt that Moses, like them, was of imperfect faith and spirituality.</p>