John 6:41

Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

In Context

40For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

42They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, `I have come down out of Heaven'?"

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Cross References

Luke 15:2and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"

John 6:33For God's bread is that which comes down out of Heaven and gives Life to the world."

John 6:48I am the bread of Life.

John 6:58This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."

John 6:66Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.

1 Corinthians 10:10And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.

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 →

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