John 6:50
The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
Bible in Basic English
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 took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
Cross References
John 3:13And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
John 6:42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?
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.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
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 →