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My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus then said to them, &#8220Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jesus therefore said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, &#8220I assure you: Moses didn&#8217t give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the real bread from heaven. <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus then told them, "I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus said to them, "I can guarantee this truth: Moses didn't give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> "I am telling you the truth," Jesus said. "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven. <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jesus therefore said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven, but my Father is giving you the bread--the true bread--out of Heaven. <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jesus, therefore, said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of Heaven; <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven; <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then said Jesus to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you bread from heaven; but my Father gives you true bread from heaven.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you; Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Jesus said to them, “Very 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Yeshua said to them, “Timeless truth I speak to you: It was not Moses who gave you bread from Heaven, but my Father gave you The True Bread from Heaven.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Then Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then Jesus said to them, <FR>Truly, truly, I say unto you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then said Jesus unto them, Verily, verily, I tell you, It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven. <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Jesus answer'd, I assure you, Moses did not give you the celestial bread; but my father gives you the true celestial bread. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven, but my Father is giving you the bread--the true bread--out of Heaven. <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Jesus, therefore, said to them, <FR>"Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven; but My Father giveth you the true bread out of Heaven;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Therefore Jesus said unto them, <FR>Verily, verily, I tell you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/6-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1966" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a> …31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: Eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them,</a> <a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: Amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">“Truly,</a> <a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">truly,</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">I tell</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">it was not</a> <a href="/greek/3475.htm" title="3475: Mōusēs (N-NMS) -- Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dedōken (V-RIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">who gave</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/740.htm" title="740: arton (N-AMS) -- Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.">bread</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but it is</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: didōsin (V-PIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">who gives</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/228.htm" title="228: alēthinon (Adj-AMS) -- True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. From alethes; truthful.">TRUE</a> <a href="/greek/740.htm" title="740: arton (N-AMS) -- Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.">bread</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven.</a> 33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a> 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. <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a> 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 that You had sworn to give them. <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a> He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. <a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a> They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a> Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> 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. <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a> Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a> They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a> The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. <a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. <a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10</a> Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/john/6-48.htm">John 6:48-51</a> I am the bread of life. / Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. ... <a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a> This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.” <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a> Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.Moses.<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4,8</a> 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… <a href="/psalms/78-23.htm">Psalm 78:23</a> Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,the true.<a href="/john/6-33.htm">John 6:33,35,41,50,55,58</a> For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world… <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a> That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.<a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1</a> I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-31.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/john/5-32.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/john/6-29.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/5-46.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/john/5-33.htm">True.</a> <a href="/john/6-24.htm">Wasn't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-33.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/john/6-33.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/6-33.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/john/6-35.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/7-19.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/john/6-47.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/john/6-47.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/john/6-47.htm">Verily</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">True.</a> <a href="/john/7-39.htm">Wasn't</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div>1. <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a> 15. <a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a> 16. <a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a> 26. <a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a> 32. <a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a> 66. <a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a> 68. <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a> 70. <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Jesus said to them, This phrase indicates a direct address from Jesus to His audience, which includes His disciples and the crowd following Him after the feeding of the 5,000. It emphasizes the authority and importance of His forthcoming statement. In the context of the Gospel of John, Jesus often uses direct speech to reveal deeper spiritual truths.“Truly, truly, I tell you, The repetition of "truly" (Greek: "amen, amen") is a solemn affirmation, underscoring the truth and significance of what Jesus is about to say. This phrase is unique to Jesus in the Gospels and serves to highlight the importance of His teachings, demanding the listener's attention and belief.it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, Here, Jesus corrects a common Jewish belief that Moses was the provider of manna in the wilderness. This reference to Moses connects to the Exodus narrative (Exodus 16), where God provided manna to the Israelites. Jesus clarifies that Moses was not the source; rather, it was God who provided. This distinction is crucial in understanding the role of divine provision versus human agency.but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. Jesus shifts the focus from the past provision of manna to the present and ongoing provision from God the Father. The "true bread" signifies something greater than physical sustenance, pointing to Jesus Himself as the spiritual sustenance necessary for eternal life. This statement foreshadows Jesus' later declaration in <a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>, "I am the bread of life." The use of "My Father" emphasizes Jesus' unique relationship with God, highlighting His divine authority and mission. This phrase also connects to the broader theme of Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament types and prophecies, such as the manna being a type of Christ, the true sustenance from heaven.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is addressing the crowd following the feeding of the 5,000. He is revealing deeper spiritual truths about Himself and His mission. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> A key figure in Jewish history, Moses is traditionally associated with the giving of manna in the wilderness, which the people believed was a sign of God's provision. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> The people who followed Jesus after witnessing the miracle of the loaves and fishes. They are seeking more signs and are being challenged to understand the spiritual significance of Jesus' works. 4. <a href="/topical/b/bread_from_heaven.htm">Bread from Heaven</a> Refers to the manna provided to the Israelites during their wilderness journey, symbolizing God's provision and care. 5. <a href="/topical/m/my_father.htm">My Father</a> Refers to God the Father, emphasizing the divine source of the true spiritual sustenance that Jesus offers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_true_provision.htm">Understanding True Provision</a> Jesus redirects the focus from physical sustenance to spiritual nourishment, teaching that true life comes from God. <a href="/topical/r/recognizing_jesus_as_the_source.htm">Recognizing Jesus as the Source</a> Jesus identifies Himself as the "true bread," inviting believers to seek fulfillment and sustenance in Him rather than temporary, worldly provisions. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_signs.htm">Faith Over Signs</a> The crowd sought signs, but Jesus calls for faith in Him as the ultimate sign and source of life. <a href="/topical/g/god's_continuous_provision.htm">God's Continuous Provision</a> Just as God provided manna, He continues to provide through Jesus, the true bread, emphasizing God's ongoing care and provision. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_hunger_and_satisfaction.htm">Spiritual Hunger and Satisfaction</a> Believers are encouraged to cultivate a hunger for spiritual truths and find satisfaction in a relationship with Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'terror_of_the_lord'_mean.htm">What does 'I will never cast out' mean?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_claim_to_be_god.htm">Didn't Jesus never actually claim to be God?</a> <a href="/q/how_accept_feeding_thousands_sans_evidence.htm">John 6:5–13: How can the feeding of thousands with just five loaves and two fish be accepted without historical or scientific evidence for a large-scale miracle event? </a> <a href="/q/interpret_'eat_flesh,_drink_blood'_command.htm">John 6:53–56: How should we interpret the command to eat Jesus’s flesh and drink his blood, considering it seems at odds with both moral and dietary laws? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) Moses gave you not that bread.--Again His solemn words bring to their thoughts the deeper reality which they are passing over. They had implied a contrast between their fathers and themselves, between Moses and Jesus. They expressed the glory of the Mosaic sign in the language of the Psalm; but there the gift is ascribed to God, and it is named to mark the darkness of their unbelief. The gift of God was ever the same. He it was who gave then; He it is who ever giveth. "You think of Moses; but Moses was the messenger of My Father. You speak of bread from heaven; but heaven is My home, from which I am come to give the true bread to the world, which in very truth is its sustenance." (Comp., for the full sense of "true," the Note on <a href="/john/1-9.htm" title="That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world.">John 1:9</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 32. - Jesus therefore said to them, with the tones of special emphasis, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses, of whom you are reasonably thinking with due reverence, who gave you the bread out of heaven. There are two assertions here. There is also an implication, which the hearers of Jesus were called on to make. (1) It was not Moses who gave to your fathers the bread out of heaven, such as the historians, psalmists, and expositors speak of; for such as it was, - a needed food for the body rained on you out of heaven, - it was the gift of God, not of Moses. (2) Moreover, the manna was not the veritable "bread of heaven." There is a richer and more nourishing food than that, which alone deserves to be called Bread from heaven. The "corn of heaven," though God's gift, was not that of which I speak, nay, it was only the shadow and type of that. But my Father is giving you, even now, the veritable bread out of heaven (ἀληθινόν); that which fully answers the description of the term - food for your spiritual sustenance, bread which will save your souls alive, which, if assimilated by you, will convey the consciousness and reality of eternal blessedness. The kind of strength which will arise within you when once appropriated, is an eternal possession, an abiding advantage; the satisfaction is not exhausted by a short interval, it remains forever. The Son of man is entrusted with power to bestow it. He is sealed and sanctified and sent into the world for this purpose. This bread is veritably from heaven. Moses did not even give, nor was he the almoner even of, the manna. All the giving then was God's work, but he whom God has sent, on whom you have to believe, is a veritable Giver of this true bread from heaven. <a href="/commentaries/john/6-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. said Εἶπεν (Eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to them, αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “Truly, Ἀμὴν (Amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. truly, ἀμὴν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. I tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. [it was] not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. Moses Μωϋσῆς (Mōusēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3475.htm">Strong's 3475: </a> Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver. [who] gave δέδωκεν (dedōken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. bread ἄρτον (arton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_740.htm">Strong's 740: </a> Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. heaven, οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. but [it is] ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Father Πατήρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. [who] gives δίδωσιν (didōsin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. TRUE ἀληθινόν (alēthinon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_228.htm">Strong's 228: </a> True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. From alethes; truthful. bread ἄρτον (arton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_740.htm">Strong's 740: </a> Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. heaven. οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/6-32.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:32 Jesus therefore said to them Most certainly (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/6-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/6-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>