John 6:31
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Nehemiah 9:15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Psalms 78:24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
1 Corinthians 10:3and did all eat the same spiritual food;
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 →