John 6:49
Even though your ancestors ate the manna while they were traveling in the desolate area, they died anyway.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5Your ancestors have died and are now in their graves [RHQ]. And the prophets did not [RHQ] live forever, either.
John 6:58I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate manna, they later died anyway. But those who eat this bread will live forever.”
Hebrews 3:17And ◄ you must remember who it was that God was disgusted with for 40 years./do you remember who it was that God was disgusted with for 40years?► [RHQ] It was those same people who had sinned like that, and who as a result died in the desert! [RHQ]
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 →