John 6:50
This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
In Context
49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
Cross References
John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 6:42And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Therefore how does this man say, I have come down out of heaven?
John 6:58This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live into the age.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.
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 →