John 6:50
this is the bread coming down from heaven, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
In Context
49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died;
Cross References
John 3:13No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.
John 6:42and they continued to say, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how does He now say; I have come down from heaven?
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.
John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; the one believing on me, though he may die, shall live: and
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 →