John 6:49
Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven; that if any man eat of it, he may not die.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, shall they live always?
John 6:58As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
Hebrews 3:17And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with them that sinned, whose carcasses were overthrown in the desert?
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 →