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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness and died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Your forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your forefathers ate manna in the wilderness, and yet they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“Your forefathers ate manna in the wilderness and they died.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and there they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Your forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, and they died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>but</i><FR> this is the bread which cometh down from heaven,<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/6-49.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2101" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">48</span>I am the bread of life. <span class="reftext">49</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">Your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- 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: pateres (N-NMP) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">fathers</a> <a href="/greek/5315.htm" title="5315: ephagon (V-AIA-3P) -- A primary verb; to eat.">ate</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- 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/3131.htm" title="3131: manna (N-ANS) -- Of Hebrew origin; manna, an edible gum.">manna</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- 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/2048.htm" title="2048: erēmō (Adj-DFS) -- Lonesome, i.e. waste.">wilderness,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">yet</a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apethanon (V-AIA-3P) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">they died.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">50</span>This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a></span><br />When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-32</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41</a></span><br />At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-48.htm">John 6:48</a></span><br />I am the bread of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-50.htm">John 6:50-51</a></span><br />This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-53.htm">John 6:53-54</a></span><br />So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. / Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-56.htm">John 6:56-57</a></span><br />Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. / Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a></span><br />The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.</p><p class="hdg">fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31</a></b></br> Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.</p><p class="hdg">and are.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-65.htm">Numbers 26:65</a></b></br> For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/1-5.htm">Zechariah 1:5</a></b></br> Your fathers, where <i>are</i> they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-5</a></b></br> And did all eat the same spiritual meat; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-31.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/john/5-28.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/luke/20-32.htm">Died</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-58.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/john/6-54.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Died</a> <a href="/john/6-50.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/john/6-58.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/john/11-54.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">66. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">68. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">70. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>Your fathers</b><br>This phrase refers to the ancestors of the Jewish people, specifically the Israelites who were led by Moses out of Egypt. It highlights the continuity of God's relationship with His chosen people throughout generations. The term "fathers" is often used in Scripture to denote the patriarchs and those who came before, emphasizing a shared heritage and collective memory.<p><b>ate the manna</b><br>Manna was the miraculous food provided by God to the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness, as recorded in <a href="/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a>. It appeared each morning as a fine, flaky substance, and was described as tasting like wafers made with honey. Manna symbolizes God's provision and care, but also serves as a type of Christ, the true bread from heaven, as Jesus later explains in this chapter.<p><b>in the wilderness</b><br>The wilderness refers to the desert region where the Israelites wandered after their exodus from Egypt. This period of wandering was both a time of testing and divine provision. Geographically, the wilderness was a harsh environment, underscoring the miraculous nature of God's sustenance. Spiritually, it represents a place of dependence on God and a journey towards the Promised Land.<p><b>yet they died</b><br>Despite receiving manna, the Israelites eventually died, indicating that the manna was a temporary provision that sustained physical life but could not grant eternal life. This serves as a contrast to the spiritual sustenance offered by Jesus, who provides eternal life. The mortality of those who ate the manna underscores the need for a greater, lasting provision, which Jesus claims to fulfill as the bread of life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/f/fathers.htm">Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the Israelites who wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. They were the ancestors of the Jewish people to whom Jesus was speaking.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous bread from heaven that God provided for the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness. It was a temporary provision for their physical sustenance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith in God's promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, who is contrasting the temporary, physical sustenance of manna with the eternal, spiritual sustenance He offers as the Bread of Life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/death.htm">Death</a></b><br>The physical death that the Israelites experienced despite eating the manna, highlighting the insufficiency of physical sustenance alone for eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal_provision.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal Provision</a></b><br>Manna was a temporary solution for physical hunger, but Jesus offers eternal satisfaction for spiritual hunger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites depended on God for daily manna, we must depend on Christ daily for spiritual nourishment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_bread_of_life.htm">The Bread of Life</a></b><br>Jesus is the true Bread from Heaven, offering eternal life. Belief in Him is essential for spiritual sustenance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/physical_vs._spiritual_death.htm">Physical vs. Spiritual Death</a></b><br>While the Israelites experienced physical death despite eating manna, belief in Jesus promises eternal life beyond physical death.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey in the wilderness was marked by disobedience and lack of faith. In contrast, faith in Jesus leads to eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_bible_symbols_signify.htm">What do Bible symbols mean and represent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'i_am_the_bread_of_life'_mean.htm">What did Jesus mean by "I am the Bread of Life"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_millions_survive_on_manna_alone.htm">How could millions of people survive on a single type of food in the desert for forty years without other recorded health or logistical issues (Exodus 16:35)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_'bread_of_life'_conflict_beliefs.htm">John 6:35: Does Jesus's claim to be the 'bread of life' conflict with other biblical teachings or Jewish beliefs about divine provision?</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>(49) <span class= "bld">Your fathers . . . and are dead.</span>--Better, . . . <span class= "ital">and died.</span>--The manna which their fathers ate (<a href="/john/6-31.htm" title="Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.">John 6:31</a>) seemed to them a greater work than this which He has done. Its true relation to Him is shown in the fact that those who ate it afterwards died; whereas He is the true spiritual food for the world, and those who feed upon Him shall not afterwards die. That was manna, special in time and circumstance; this is bread, the true sustenance for all times and all circumstances. That seemed to them to come from heaven, and this from earth; but this outer earth-born form of flesh contains the true life, in the only way in which humanity could receive it. The life itself cometh down from heaven.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 49, 50.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died.</span> The Lord went back to the very words of the Jews in ver. 31. The Heaven-given manna by which Jehovah sustained the temporal life of the fathers in the wilderness did not convey the antidote to death. "The carcases [of these fathers] fell in the wilderness." He does not say, "perished out of God's sight forever," or were condemned, but that there was nothing in the eating of manna which arrested, or averted, or triumphed, over death; yet he added: <span class="cmt_word">This</span> (<span class="cmt_word">Bread</span> <span class="cmt_word">of</span> <span class="cmt_word">life</span>) <span class="cmt_word">is the Bread which cometh down from heaven, in order that</span> <span class="cmt_word">any one</span> (<span class="greek">τὶς</span>) <span class="cmt_word">may eat thereof, and may not</span> die. The eating of the Bread of life (the life-giving Bread), which I myself am, the thorough assimilation, the entire acceptance of me as God's Gift of life to the world, confers the very principle of life; and, though a partaker may seem to perish, he does <span class="accented">not die</span> (cf. <a href="/john/8-51.htm">John 8:51-11:26</a>, notes) - he will not "taste of death," "he will never die." The life will be stronger than death; it will survive apparent extinction. Meyer says that here Christ reserves to ver. 51 the positive offer "of his own concrete Personality, and is exhibiting the true Bread, according to its real nature." Still he has said, "I am the life-giving Bread," and is undoubtedly preparing for the following announcement, which adds a new and startling thought, calculated to sustain the former one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/6-49.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forefathers</span><br /><span class="grk">πατέρες</span> <span class="translit">(pateres)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ate</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔφαγον</span> <span class="translit">(ephagon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to eat.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">manna</span><br /><span class="grk">μάννα</span> <span class="translit">(manna)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3131.htm">Strong's 3131: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; manna, an edible gum.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῇ</span> <span class="translit">(tē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wilderness,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐρήμῳ</span> <span class="translit">(erēmō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2048.htm">Strong's 2048: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lonesome, i.e. waste.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">they died.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπέθανον</span> <span class="translit">(apethanon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. 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