John 6:41
The Jewish leaders heard Jesus say, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” And they got angry, and they complained about him.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 15:2That upset the Jewish law teachers and the Pharisee mob, the men that were strong for the Jewish law, so they complained about Jesus. They said, “He is a friend of bad people. He even eats food with them.”
John 6:33The proper bread from heaven is the man that God has sent to the world. He gives life to people, so that they will live with God for ever.”
John 6:48I am like bread that makes people live for ever.
John 6:58Yes, I am the bread that came down from heaven. Anyone that eats this bread will live with God for ever. I am not like the bread that your grand-fathers ate a long time ago in the desert. They ate that bread, but later they died. But anyone that eats this bread will live with God for ever.”
John 6:66After Jesus’s followers heard him say that, a lot of them turned away and stopped following him.
1 Corinthians 10:10And some of them complained about God and said that he was not fair, and one of God’s angel messengers came and killed them. This story tells us that we can’t complain about God and say he is not fair.
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 →