John 6:49
"Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; yet they died.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.
Cross References
John 6:58"This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever."
Hebrews 3:17And with whom was he grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, and whose dead bodies 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 →