John 6:31

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Our forefathers ate the [supernatural] ‘manna’ in the desert, as it is written [Neh. 9:15], ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

Cross References

John 6:49

Your forefathers ate the ‘manna’ in the desert and died.

Revelation 2:17

“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will [also] give him a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one understands, except the one who receives it.

1 Corinthians 10:3

And they all ate the same spiritual food [i.e., the supernatural manna. See Ex. 16:4-5],

John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself]. [It is] not like [the bread] our forefathers ate and [then] died. The person who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:32

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not [really] Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who is [now] giving you the real bread from heaven.