John 6:50
This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.
Catholic Public Domain 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 manna in the desert, and they died.
51I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.
Cross References
John 3:13And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from 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? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’”
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 11:25Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall 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 →