John 6:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They kept asking, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, I have come down from heaven?

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

Common English Bible

They asked, “Isn’t this Jesus, Joseph’s son, whose mother and father we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they said: "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: 'For I descended from heaven?' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he, I came down from heaven?

John 6:42 Cross References

Mark 6:3

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 4:22

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

John 6:38

for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:43

Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves.

John 6:62

Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Romans 9:5

to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,