John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

In Context

57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

59Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

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Cross References

John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes in Me has eternal life.

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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