John 6:49
Your fathers, did eat, in the desert, the manna,—and died:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
In Context
50This, is the bread which, out of heaven, cometh down, that one, thereof, may eat,—and not die.
Cross References
Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they? and, the prophets, to times age-abiding, do they live?
John 6:58This, is the bread, which, out of heaven, came down:—Not just as your fathers did eat—and died! He that feedeth upon this bread, shall live unto times age-abiding.
Hebrews 3:17But, with whom, was be sore vexed forty years? Was it not with them who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the desert?
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 →