John 6:42

and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the Son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? How then does this One say, I have come down out of Heaven?”

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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

41The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at Him, because He said, “I AM the bread that came down out of Heaven”;

43Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, “Do not murmur with one another;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is this not the carpenter’s Son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Luke 4:22and all were bearing testimony to Him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of His mouth, and they said, “Is this not the Son of Joseph?”

John 6:62If then you may behold the Son of Man going up where He was before?

Romans 1:3concerning His Son—who has come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man [is] out of the earth—earthly; the second Man [is] the LORD out of 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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