John 6:41

Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: “I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.”

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In The King James Version

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

In Context

40So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

42And they said: “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’”

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Cross References

Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This one accepts sinners and eats with them.”

John 6:33For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:48I am the bread of life.

John 6:58Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me.

John 6:66And so he said, “For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father.”

1 Corinthians 10:10And you should not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so they perished by the destroyer.

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 →

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