John 6:50
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven; that if any man eat of it, he may not die.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 did eat manna in the desert, and are dead.
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
Cross References
John 3:13And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 6:42And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he, I came down from heaven?
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.
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, 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 →