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John 6:31

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 shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:15

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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  • Psalms 105:40

    The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  • Psalms 78:24–25

    And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

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  • Exodus 16:4–15

    Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

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  • Exodus 16:35

    And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

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  • John 6:49

    Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

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  • Numbers 11:6–9

    But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:3

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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