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John 6:49 — King James Version← Study notes

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


John 6:49Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 6:4911 words
GreekMeaning
οἱhoi
ThearticleG3588
πατέρεςpateres
fathersnounG3962
ὑμῶνhymōn
of YoupronounG4771
ἔφαγονephagon
ateverbG2068
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῇ
thearticleG3588
ἐρήμῳerēmō
wildernessadjectiveG2048
τὸto
thearticleG3588
μάνναmanna
mannanounG3131
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀπέθανονapethanon
diedverbG599
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 6:49

Our Lord wishes to reveal what He is; Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes in Me, has everlasting life. As if He said; He that believes in Me has Me: but what is it to have Me? It is to have eternal life: for the Word which was in the beginning with God is life eternal, and the life was the light of men. Life underwent death, that life might kill death.

Augustine · 4th century

The multitude being urgent for bodily food, and reminding Him of that which was given to their fathers, He tells them that the manna was only a type of that spiritual food which was now to be tasted in reality, I am that bread of life.

Chrysostom · 4th century

I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

Alcuin · 8th century · Therefore I say, He that eats this bread, dies not
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