John 6:42

They said, “Isn’t this Yeshua, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

World Messianic Bible British

In The King James Version

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

In Context

41The Judeans therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

43Therefore Yeshua answered them, “Don’t murmur amongst yourselves.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Miriam, and his brothers Jacob, Yosi, Simon, and Judah?

Luke 4:22All testified about him and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

John 6:62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Romans 1:3concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

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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