John 6:42

And they were saying: “Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, ‘I have come down out of Heaven’?”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

In Context

41Then the Jews started complaining about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of Heaven.”

43So Jesus answered and said to them: “Stop complaining among yourselves.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Jude?

Luke 4:22(All were bearing witness to Him and were marveling at the gracious words that were coming out of His mouth; and they started saying, “Isn't this the son of Joseph?”)

John 6:62What if you should see the Son of the Man going up to where He was at first?

Romans 1:3concerning His Son, who became a physical descendant of David,

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the earth, of soil; the second man was the Lord from heaven.

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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