John 6:58

This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

In Context

57As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.

59These things he said in [the] synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.

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Cross References

John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

John 6:47Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes [on me] has life eternal.

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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