John 6:49
Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?
John 6:58This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.
Hebrews 3:17And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?
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 →