John 6:49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.”

John 6:49

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.

American Standard Version

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

Geneva Bible 1599

Your fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse, and are dead.

Darby Translation

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.

Young's Literal Translation

your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

Bible in Basic English

Your fathers took the manna in the waste land — and they are dead.

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Cross references

“and are”

Hebrews 3:17–19 Jude 1:5 1 Corinthians 10:3–5 Numbers 26:65 Zechariah 1:5

Hebrews 3:17–19 · BSB

And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Jude 1:5 · BSB

Although 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 10:3–5 · BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

Numbers 26:65 · BSB

For 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.

Zechariah 1:5 · BSB

Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Also

John 6:31 John 6:58

John 6:31 · BSB

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

John 6:58 · BSB

This 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

48I am the bread of life.

50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

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