Bede the Venerable
Catena Aurea · Johannesevangelium 6
—And the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
This bread our Lord then gave, when He delivered to His disciple the mystery of His Body and Blood, and offered Himself to God the Father on the altar of the cross. For the life of the world, i. e. not for the elements, but for mankind, who are called the world.