John 6:31
29 Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
30 So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- KJV
- Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- WEB
- Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
- ASV
- Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
- DARBY
- Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
- BLB
- Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
- ÅB
- Våre fedre spiste manna i ørkenen, som skrevet står: Han gav dem brød fra himmelen å spise.
- OTB
- Våre forfedre spiste manna i ørkenen; som det står skrevet: 'Han ga dem brød fra himmelen å spise.'"
- B1930
- Våre fedre åt manna i ørkenen, som skrevet står: Han gav dem brød fra himmelen å ete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 9:15
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
Read in contextPsalms 105:40
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Read in contextPsalms 78:24–25
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
Read in contextExodus 16:4–15
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
Read in contextExodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
Read in contextJohn 6:49
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Read in contextNumbers 11:6–9
But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
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