John 6:31

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for John 6:31

Our fathers did eate Manna in the desert, as it is written, He gaue them bread from heauen to eate.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.'"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
- Basic English Bible

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
- Darby Bible

Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
- Webster's Bible

Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written, `He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat'."
- Weymouth Bible

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
- World English Bible

Oure fadris eeten manna in desert, as it is writun, He yaf to hem breed fro heuene to ete.
- Wycliffe Bible

our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for John 6:31

Wesley's Notes for John 6:31


6:31 Our fathers ate manna - This sign Moses gave them. He gave them bread from heaven - From the lower sublunary heaven; to which Jesus opposes the highest heaven: in which sense he says seven times, #John 6:32|,33,38,50,58,62, that he himself came down from heaven.



People's Bible Notes for John 6:31


Joh 6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert. He may have fed a few thousands on the day before, but what was that to feeding of the whole host of Israel for forty years in the wilderness? Is he as great a leader as Moses, in whose time the manna fell?

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