John 6:49 — Meaning and Application

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

John 6:49

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

I am that bread of life.

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

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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John 6:1

"After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is {the sea} of Tiberias."

John 6:2

"And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased."

John 6:3

"And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples."

John 6:4

"And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh."

John 6:5

"When Jesus then lifted up {his} eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?"

John 6:6

"And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do."

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