John 6:49
Your forefathers ate manna in the desert but they still died.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, and anyone who eats it won't ever die.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, did they live forever?
John 6:58Now this is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind your forefathers ate and still died. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.”
Hebrews 3:17Who was God upset with for forty years? Wasn't it those who sinned, those who were buried 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 →