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Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6:49

In 9 translations

BSB
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
KJV
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
WEB
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.
ASV
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
LSV
your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died;
YLT
your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;
DBY
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
DRC
Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead.
GNV
Your fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse, and are dead.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τὸ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μάννα elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τὸ μάννα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τὸ μάννα; Robinson–Pierpont read τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τὸ μάννα καὶ ἀπέθανον·
RP2018
Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἔφαγον τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
TR-Boyd
Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἔφαγον τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
SCR1894
οι πατερες υμων εφαγον το μαννα εν τη ερημω και απεθανον

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◆ Bread of Life Sermon

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 3:17–19And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? So…
  • Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:3–5They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for…
  • John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
  • Numbers 26:65For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  • John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
  • Zechariah 1:5Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

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