John 6:42
And they said: Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? And how doth he say: I came down from heaven?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
41Then the Jews murmured at him, because he said: I am the bread, who have descended from heaven.
43Jesus replied and said to them: Murmur not, one with another.
Cross References
Matthew 13:55Is not this man the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judas?
Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and admired the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth; and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
John 6:62If then, ye were to see the Son of man ascend, to where he was from the beginning!
Romans 1:3concerning his Son, (who was born in the flesh, of seed of the house of David,
1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was 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 →