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Selected Verse: John 6:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 6:31 |
Strong Concordance |
Our [2257] fathers [3962] did eat [5315] manna [3131] in [1722] the desert [2048]; as [2531] it is [2076] written [1125], He gave [1325] them [846] bread [740] from [1537] heaven [3772] to eat [5315]. |
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King James |
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Our fathers did eat manna, &c.--insinuating the inferiority of Christ's miracle of the loaves to those of Moses: "When Moses claimed the confidence of the fathers, 'he gave them bread from heaven to eat'--not for a few thousands, but for millions, and not once only, but daily throughout their wilderness journey." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 was furnished to them by God in their journey. It means literally, "What is this?" and was the question which they asked when they first saw it, Exo 16:14-15. It was small like frost, and of the size of coriander-seed, and had a sweetish taste like honey. It fell in great quantities, and was regarded by the Jews as proof of a continued miracle during forty years, and was incontestable evidence of the interposition of God in favor of their fathers. The manna which is sold in the shops of druggists is a different substance from this. It is obtained from the bark of certain trees in Armenia, Georgia, Persia, and Arabia. It is procured, as resin is, by making an incision in the bark, and it flows out or distils from the tree.
As it is written - The substance of this is written in Psa 78:24-25.
He gave them - This was regarded as a miraculous interference in their behalf, and an attestation of the divine mission of Moses, and hence they said familiarly that Moses gave it to them.
Bread from heaven - The word "heaven," in the Scriptures, denotes often the region of the air, the atmosphere, or that region in which the clouds are. See Mat 16:3; "The sky (heaven) is red and lowering." Also Mat 3:16; Luk 4:15; Luk 5:18. The Jews, as appears from their writings (see Lightfoot), expected that the Messiah would provide his followers with plenty of delicious food; and as Moses had provided for the Jews in the wilderness, so they supposed that Christ would make provision for the temporal wants of his friends. This was the sign, probably, which they were now desirous of seeing. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Manna
Properly, the manna, referring to the familiar historic fact. A passage is cited from a Hebrew commentary on Ecclesiastes, as follows: "As the first Redeemer made the manna to descend, as it is written, 'Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you'; so the later Redeemer also shall make the manna to descend, as it is written, 'May there be abundance of corn in the earth.'" |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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 highest heaven: in which sense he says seven times, Joh 6:32-33, Joh 6:38, Joh 6:50, Joh 6:58, Joh 6:62, that he himself came down from heaven. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Our fathers did eat manna in the desert - Their argument seems to run thus: Thou hast, we grant, fed five thousand men with five loaves and two small fishes; but what is this in comparison of what Moses did in the desert, who for forty years fed more than a million of persons with bread from heaven: do something like this, and then we will believe in thee, as we have believed in Moses. |
18 And [2532], behold [2400], men [435] brought [5342] in [1909] a bed [2825] a man [444] which [3739] was [2258] taken with a palsy [3886]: and [2532] they sought [2212] means to bring [1533] him [846] in [1533], and [2532] to lay [5087] him before [1799] him [846].
15 And [2532] he [846] taught [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], being glorified [1392] of [5259] all [3956].
16 And [2532] Jesus [2424], when he was baptized [907], went up [305] straightway [2117] out of [575] the water [5204]: and [2532], lo [2400], the heavens [3772] were opened [455] unto him [846], and [2532] he saw [1492] the Spirit [4151] of God [2316] descending [2597] like [5616] a dove [4058], and [2532] lighting [2064] upon [1909] him [846]:
3 And [2532] in the morning [4404], It will be foul weather [5494] to day [4594]: for [1063] the sky [3772] is red [4449] and lowring [4768]. O ye hypocrites [5273], ye can [1097] discern [1252] [3303] the face [4383] of the sky [3772]; but [1161] can ye [1410] not [3756] discern the signs [4592] of the times [2540]?
24 And had rained down [04305] manna [04478] upon them to eat [0398], and had given [05414] them of the corn [01715] of heaven [08064].
25 Man [0376] did eat [0398] angels [047]' food [03899]: he sent [07971] them meat [06720] to the full [07648].
14 And when the dew [02919] that lay [07902] was gone up [05927], behold, upon the face [06440] of the wilderness [04057] there lay a small [01851] round thing [02636], as small [01851] as the hoar frost [03713] on the ground [0776].
15 And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] it, they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], It is manna [04478]: for they wist [03045] not what it was. And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto them, This is the bread [03899] which the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] you to eat [0402].
62 What and [3767] if [1437] ye shall see [2334] the Son [5207] of man [444] ascend up [305] where [3699] he was [2258] before [4386]?
58 This [3778] is [2076] that bread [740] which [3588] came down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772]: not [3756] as [2531] your [5216] fathers [3962] did eat [5315] manna [3131], and [2532] are dead [599]: he that eateth [5176] of this [5126] bread [740] shall live [2198] for [1519] ever [165].
50 This [3778] is [2076] the bread [740] which [3588] cometh down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772], that [3363] a man [5100] may eat [5315] thereof [1537] [846], and [2532] not [3363] die [599].
38 For [3754] I came down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772], not [3756] to [2443] do [4160] mine own [1699] will [2307], but [235] the will [2307] of him that sent [3992] me [3165].
32 Then [3767] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], Moses [3475] gave [1325] you [5213] not [3756] that bread [740] from [1537] heaven [3772]; but [235] my [3450] Father [3962] giveth [1325] you [5213] the true [228] bread [740] from [1537] heaven [3772].
33 For [1063] the bread [740] of God [2316] is he [2076] which [3588] cometh down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772], and [2532] giveth [1325] life [2222] unto the world [2889].