John 6:42

And they said, Is not this Jeshu bar Jauseph, he whose father and mother we know? and how saith this, From heaven I have descended?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

41But the Jihudoyee murmured against him because he said, I am the bread which hath descended from heaven.

43Jeshu answered and said to them, Murmur not one with another.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:55Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mariam, and his brothers, Jakub, and Josi, and Shemun, and Jehuda?

Luke 4:22And all witnessed him and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Jauseph?

John 6:62If you shall see then the Son of man ascend up to the place where he was from the first?

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man who is of the earth is dust, the second man 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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