John 6:31
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 16:35And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce
Nehemiah 9:15And thou gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which thou had sworn to give them.
Psalms 78:24and he rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them food from heaven.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
1 Corinthians 10:3And they all ate the same spiritual food,
Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60
Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →