John 6:31

Avoteinu ate the manna in the wilderness, + 6:31 Num 11:7-9; Ex 16:4,15; Neh 9:15 as it has been written, LECHEM from SHOMAYIM he gave them to eat. + 6:31 Ps 78:24; 105:40

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

In Context

30They said, therefore, to him, What ot (sign) then do you perform that we may see and may have emunah in you? What work do you do?

32Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, it was not Moshe who has given you the lechem out of Shomayim, but HaAv of me gives you the lechem ha'amitti (the true bread) out of Shomayim.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:35And the Bnei Yisroel did eat manna arba'im shanah, until they came to an eretz noshavet (an inhabited land); they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of Eretz Kena'an.

Deuteronomy 8:3And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did Avoteicha know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by lechem only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Hashem doth man live.

Nehemiah 9:15And gavest them lechem from Shomayim for their hunger, and broughtest forth mayim for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess Ha'Aretz which Thou hadst sworn to give them.

Psalms 78:24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, 1 and had given them of the bread of Shomayim. + 78:24 See Yn 6:31 1

John 6:49Your Avot ate in the wilderness the manna and died.

1 Corinthians 10:3And all of the same spiritual okhel (food) ate, + 10:3 Ex 16:4,35; Dt 8:3; Ps 78:24-29

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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