John 6:31

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

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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

30So they said to him, “What sign then are yoʋ going to perform so that we may see it and believe yoʋ? What will yoʋ do?

32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 10:3and all ate the same spiritual food,

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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