John 6:50
But this is the bread which cometh from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 they died.
Cross References
John 3:13And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 6:42And 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?
John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven: not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; whoever shall eat of this bead, will live for ever.
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.
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 →