John 6:49
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50this is the bread coming down from heaven, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
Cross References
John 6:58He is the bread having come down from heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died: the one eating this bread shall live forever.
Hebrews 3:17And with whom was he provoked forty years? was it not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
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 →