“ Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ”
Your fathers did eat manna - There was a real miracle performed in their behalf; there was a perpetual interposition of God which showed that they were his chosen people. And are dead - The b...
The Murmuring of the Jews. The changes of persons here ( cf. John 6:22 , the multitude), and of place in John 6:59 , show that this chapter is not intended to record a continuous conversation, b...
did eat . ate. are dead . died.
49. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. He says that the manna was a perishing food to their fathers, for it did not free them from death. It follows, therefore, th...
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. Your fathers did eat manna - and are dead - That bread neither preserved their bodies alive, nor entitled them to life eternal; but those w...
Your fathers did eat manna— Our Lord next drew a comparison between himself, considered as the bread from heaven, and the manna which Moses provided for their fathers in the desart, and which they...
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. Your fathers - of whom ye spake ( John 6:31 ). Observe, He does not say 'Our fathers'-by which, as Bengel remarks, He would hint th...
The Bread of Life John 6:1 to John 7:1 . Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from...
Your fathers... and are dead. — Better,... and died. — The manna which their fathers ate ( John 6:31 ) seemed to them a greater work than this which He has done. Its true relation to Him is shown...
Chapter 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1-59 . In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to t...
the Food of Eternal Life John 6:41-51 That phrase, the last day, was constantly on the Master's lips, John 6:39-40 ; John 6:44 ; John 6:54 ; John 12:48 . It is an indefinite expression fo...
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted t...
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with...
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness ,.... All the while they were in the wilderness, for the space of forty years, till they came to the borders of the land of Canaan; this was their only f...
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. Ver. 49. Did eat manna ] They fed upon sacraments, and yet many of them perished eternally. A man may go to hell with font water on his...
I am the bread of life Jesus, having explained the nature of the dignity which he had claimed in the foregoing part of his discourse, ( John 6:33-40 ,) and demonstrated that it really belonged to h...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, availa...
Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto hi...
Your fathers by nature, or in respect of unbelief, did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are naturally dead; (manna would not always preserve their natural life); and those of them who we...
The Bread of Life, Eating His Flesh And Drinking His Blood ( John 6:26-59 ). The narrative that follows must be carefully divided up if it is to be properly understood. There are in fact three cle...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 6:22-24 . None other boat, rather little ship (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been pre...
John 6:22-24 . The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jes...
John 6:2 . A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles. But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick....
The Jews then murmured at Him because He said, I am the bread which came down from heaven Weighty truths I. THAT CHRIST’S LOWLY CONDITION IS A STUMBLING-BLOCK TO THE NATURAL MAN. 1. Had He c...
EXPOSITION John 6:1-43 2. Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source . John 6:1-43 (1) The supply of human wants illustrat...
Living Bread to eat:
1 Corinthians 10:3-5 ; Hebrews 3:17-19 ; John 6:31 ; Jude 1:5 ; Numbers 26:65 ; Zechariah 1:5
The Bread of Life John 6:33-56 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When the devil said to Christ. "If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread," the Lord quickly unsheathed the sword of...