John 6:31

1 Corinthians 10:3; Deuteronomy 8:3; Exodus 16:35; Exodus 16:4-15; John 6:49; Joshua 5:12; Nehemiah 9:15; Nehemiah 9:20; Numbers 11:6-9; Psalms 105:40; Psalms 78:24; Psalms 78:25; Revelation 2:17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Our fathers - The Jews who were led by Moses through the wilderness. Did eat manna - This was the name given by the Jews to the food which wa...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Desire for a Sign: the True Manna. After raising their expectations He had refused to go forward. In answer to their surprise at finding Him so...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Our fathers , &c. See Exodus 16:15 . Over half. million able for war; probably three millions in all. Numbers 2:32 . manna . the manna. as...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

31. Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness. Thus we see that Christ put his finger on the sore, when he told them that they came like brute...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert - Their arg...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Our fathers did eat manna, &c.— By extolling the miracle of the manna, by calling it bread from heaven, and by insinuating that it was Moses'...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 d...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Discourse on the Bread of Life. As in John 4 Jesus is the giver of 'living water,' so here He is the 'living bread' or 'manna' of the soul. Such...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Mess...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Father's Will Jesus' Law of Life John 6:30-40 On the day following, our Lord had to encounter, first the demand of the people for a continu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 dis...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness ,.... Which was a sort of food prepared by angels in the air, and rained down from thence about the tent...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Ver. 31. Our fathers did eat manna in the deser...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They said, What sign showest thou What miracle dost thou work; that we may see and believe thee? Since thou requirest us to give thee credit, and...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 strik...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here they magnify Moses; he did not bring them a law only, but confirmed it by signs from heaven to be the will of God, by obtaining for them bread t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Words to The Crowds ( John 6:26-40 ). Jesus' initial words were spoken to the crowds who had followed Him. These were the more simple folk whose t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘They said therefore to him, “What then will you do for a sign that we may see and believe you? What work are you going to do? Our fathers ate the ma...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 6:1-5 . After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 6:22-26 . 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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

These people had crossed the Sea of Galilee, and gone to Capernaum, «seeking for Jesus.» It seemed a very hopeful sign that they should be willing to...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 6:30-32 . They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did e...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Lor...
The Biblical Illustrator

The day following Jesus the Bread of Life I. OUR LORD’S AVOWAL OF HIS DIVINE NATURE AND HIS HEAVENLY ERRAND. More than thirty times in this one...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bread from heaven:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Our fathers ate manna — This sign Moses gave them. He gave them bread from heaven — From the lower sublunary heaven; to which Jesus opposes the hig...

³¹ Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Related Commentaries of John 6:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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