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The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” <a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a> Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’” <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, &#8216HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’” <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN TO EAT.’” <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written [in Scripture], ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’” <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ” <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, 'God gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. Scripture says, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ?He gave them bread from heaven to eat.?? <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'" <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat'." <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, according as it is having been written: He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.” <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Our forefathers ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Our forefathers ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written 'He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.' “<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness; as has been written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ?He gave them bread from heaven to eat.? <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, "he gave them bread from heaven to eat." <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat'." <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it has been written, 'He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.'" <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. <a href="/parallel/john/6-31.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=1958" 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> …30So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do? 31<a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Our</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/2531.htm" title="2531: kathōs (Adv) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">as</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">it is</a> <a href="/greek/1125.htm" title="1125: gegrammenon (V-RPM/P-NNS) -- A primary verb; to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe.">written:</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: edōken (V-AIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">‘He gave</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.">them</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/5315.htm" title="5315: phagein (V-ANA) -- A primary verb; to eat.">to eat.’”</a> 32Jesus 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.…<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="/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="/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="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a> They all ate the same spiritual food <a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-50</a> 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/6-32.htm">John 6:32-33</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. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” <a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a> Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. <a href="/john/6-48.htm">John 6:48</a> I am the bread of life. <a href="/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41</a> At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a> 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.” <a href="/john/6-53.htm">John 6:53-54</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.fathers.<a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49</a> Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-15,35</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="/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6-9</a> But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes… He gave.<a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24,25</a> And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven… <a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a> And did all eat the same spiritual meat;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-26.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/john/3-14.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/john/4-20.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/john/3-31.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/john/3-14.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/john/3-14.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/john/5-47.htm">Writings</a> <a href="/john/2-17.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-49.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/john/6-32.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/john/6-32.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/john/6-49.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/john/6-45.htm">Writings</a> <a href="/john/6-45.htm">Written</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>Our fathers This phrase refers to the ancestors of the Jewish people, specifically the Israelites who wandered in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt. It emphasizes the continuity of God's relationship with His chosen people throughout generations.ate the manna Manna was the miraculous food provided by God to the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-35</a>). It symbolizes God's provision and care. Manna is often seen as a type of Christ, who is the true bread from heaven, providing spiritual sustenance.in the wilderness The wilderness refers to the desert region where the Israelites wandered after leaving Egypt. This period was a time of testing and reliance on God. The wilderness experience is a recurring theme in Scripture, symbolizing trials and dependence on divine provision.as it is written This phrase indicates a reference to Scripture, underscoring the authority and reliability of the biblical text. It points to the importance of the written Word in understanding God's actions and promises.‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” This quote is a reference to <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a> and <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a>, where God provides manna from heaven. It highlights God's miraculous provision and foreshadows Jesus as the true bread from heaven (<a href="/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32-35</a>). The manna is a prophetic type of Christ, who offers eternal life through His sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in the Gospel of John, who is teaching about the true bread from heaven. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> Referred to as "our fathers," they were the recipients of manna during their wilderness journey after the Exodus from Egypt. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> Though not directly mentioned in this verse, he is the leader associated with the time when manna was provided. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years and received manna from God. 5. <a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a> The miraculous bread from heaven provided by God to sustain the Israelites during their journey.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a> Just as God provided manna to the Israelites, He provides for our needs today. Trust in His provision, both physical and spiritual. <a href="/topical/t/true_bread_from_heaven.htm">True Bread from Heaven</a> Jesus is the fulfillment of the manna, offering eternal life. Seek Him as the source of spiritual nourishment. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_sight.htm">Faith Over Sight</a> The Israelites struggled with faith despite witnessing miracles. We are called to trust in Jesus even when we don't see immediate results. <a href="/topical/s/scriptural_fulfillment.htm">Scriptural Fulfillment</a> Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecies and types, showing the continuity and reliability of God's Word. <a href="/topical/d/daily_dependence.htm">Daily Dependence</a> Just as the Israelites gathered manna daily, we should seek daily spiritual nourishment through prayer and Scripture.<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_is_the_nature_of_manna.htm">What is the nature of manna?</a> <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> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_wilderness_of_sin.htm">What is the Wilderness of Sin in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_manna_fit_natural_laws.htm">How can the miraculous appearance of manna every day (Exodus 16:4–5) be reconciled with natural laws or scientific explanations? </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>(31) Our fathers did eat manna.--He claims to be the Messiah; but the Messiah was to be greater than Moses, and the sign He has shown is less. The Messiah was to cause manna again to fall from heaven, as their Rabbis taught. They had eaten food which, if miraculously multiplied, was still the food of earth--the common bread and common relish--and this on the grassy sward not far removed from the habitations of men. Their fathers had eaten the manna which came direct from God, and was gathered from the granite rocks of the desert; and the Psalmist had told, and Hebrew children loved to chant, that "bread from heaven was that which He gave them to eat."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - Our fathers, they continued, ate the manna in the wilderness; even as it has been written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. If Moses did this, the Christ should do more, seeing he makes this exhaustive claim upon our faith. The manna (see <a href="/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a>; <a href="/numbers/11.htm">Numbers 11</a>.) appeared like the hoar frost out of heaven. It was gifted with numerous qualities - perishable if not immediately used, respecting in mysterious way the sabbath sanctity, attending the Israelites through their forty years" wandering, terminating when no longer wanted, utterly unlike, in quantity and quality, to what is the Oriental manna of commerce (Smith's 'Dictionary of the Bible,' art. "Manna"). The psalmists spoke of it (<a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24</a>; <a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a>) as virtually coming down out of heaven, as "corn of heaven," as "angels' food." The Targum of Jonathan, <a href="/deuteronomy/34-6.htm">Deuteronomy 34:6</a>, says, "God caused bread to descend from heaven upon the sons of Israel," and a rabbinical commentary on Ecclesiastes, quoted by Lightfoot and Wettestein: "Redemptor prior descendere fecit pro iis manna; sic et Redemptor posterior descendere faciet manna." Consequently, they make the challenge, not as though Jesus had done no sign, but as though he had not done enough to put himself on an equality with Moses. <a href="/commentaries/john/6-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. forefathers πατέρες (pateres) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. ate ἔφαγον (ephagon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A primary verb; to eat. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter 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. manna μάννα (manna) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3131.htm">Strong's 3131: </a> Of Hebrew origin; manna, an edible gum. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine 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. wilderness, ἐρήμῳ (erēmō) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2048.htm">Strong's 2048: </a> Lonesome, i.e. waste. as καθώς (kathōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. it is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. written: γεγραμμένον (gegrammenon) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1125.htm">Strong's 1125: </a> A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe. ‘He gave ἔδωκεν (edōken) Verb - Aorist 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. 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. 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. to eat.’” φαγεῖν (phagein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A primary verb; to eat. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/6-31.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:31 Our fathers ate the manna (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/6-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/6-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:32" /></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>