"Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat." — John 6:31

John 6:31 · KJV

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

— John 6:31

They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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.

John 6 — Context

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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

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.

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:15

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. {which...: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them}

Psalms 105:40

{The people} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalms 78:24-25

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Exodus 16:4-15

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 certain...: Heb. the portion of a day in his day}

Exodus 16:35

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

John 6:49

Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

Numbers 11:6-9

But now our soul {is} dried away: {there is} nothing at all, beside this manna, {before} our eyes.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every {word} that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.