John 6:59

This is the bread that descends from heaven. It is not like the manna that your fathers ate, for they died. Whoever eats this bread shall live forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

In Context

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.

60He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom forewarns far and wide; she bestows her voice in the streets.

Luke 4:31And he descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And there he taught them on the Sabbaths.

John 18:20Jesus responded to him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews meet. And I have said nothing in secret.

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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