John 6:49
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, and yet died.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50The bread that comes down from heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5‘Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
John 6:58That is the bread which has come down from heaven – not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; the person who takes this bread for their food will live for ever.’
Hebrews 3:17And with whom was it that God was sorely vexed for forty years? Was not it with those who had sinned, and who fell dead 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 →