Tertullian On Prayer is our Bread; because Christ is Life, and bread is life. "I am," saith He, "the Bread of Life; "[40] Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments " And whose bread is rich, if not ours? For the Lord is out bread, as He says Himself: "I am the bread of life."[32] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Moreover, in the Gospel according to John, the Lord says: "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that trusteth in me shall never thirst."[111] Origen Commentary on John Book I "I am the true vine and My Father is the husbandman," and again, "I am the vine, ye are the branches." Add to these testimonies also the saying,[97]