John 6:41

Then the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

40And this is the will of him who sent me, that anyone who looks to the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

42They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

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Cross References

Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

John 6:33For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:48I am the bread of life.

John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:66At that point many of his disciples went back and no longer walked with him.

1 Corinthians 10:10And do not grumble as some of them did and were killed by the destroyer.

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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