john-6:49,-john-6:50

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 6:48-50

John 6:48-50. I am the bread of life Jesus, having explained the nature of the dignity which he had claimed in the foregoing part of his discourse, (John 6:33-40,) and demonstrated that it really belonged to him, here repeats what he had said John 6:35, and then runs a comparison between himself, considered as the bread from heaven, and the manna which Moses provided for their fathers in the desert, and which they admired so greatly, saying, Your fathers did eat manna, and are dead The... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 6:22-59

67. The bread of life (John 6:22-59)Many Jews were determined to find Jesus and make him king. Although he had escaped from them after the feeding of the multitude, they were out the next day looking for him (John 6:22-24).Jesus knew that these people wanted him to be king not because they felt any spiritual need, but because they thought he had magical powers that could supply all their daily needs. He urged them not to think just of physical and temporal blessings, but to seek the spiritual... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 6:49

did eat = ate. are dead = died. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:49

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea, and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.These verses are a recapitulation of the Lord's teachings in John 6:32-33, and with the additional new element regarding his crucifixion, that is, giving "his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 6:49-50

John 6:49-50. Your fathers did eat manna— Our Lord next drew a comparison between himself, considered as the bread from heaven, and the manna which Moses provided for their fathers in the desart, and which they admired so greatly. "Those who thus regard me," said he, "as the bread of life, will receive far more important blessings than Moses, of whom you have now been boasting, could possibly give: for though indeed your fathers, under the conduct of that illustrious prophet, did eat manna in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 6:49

49. Your fathers—of whom ye spake (John 6:31); not "ours," by which He would hint that He had a higher descent, of which they dreamt not [BENGEL]. did eat manna . . . and are dead—recurring to their own point about the manna, as one of the noblest of the ordained preparatory illustrations of His own office: "Your fathers, ye say, ate manna in the wilderness; and ye say well, for so they did, but they are dead—even they whose carcasses fell in the wilderness did eat of that bread; the Bread... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:22-59

3. The bread of life discourse 6:22-59Jesus proceeded to clarify His identity by teaching the crowds and His disciples. He did so by developing the figure of the Bread of Life, which He claimed to be. Jesus used the feeding of the 5,000 as a basis for explaining His identity to the multitudes. He compared Himself to bread."Again, it was a ministry of ’grace and truth’ (John 1:17). In grace, our Lord fed the hungry people; but in truth, He gave them the Word of God." [Note: Wiersbe, 1:310.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:41-51

Jesus’ identity as the Bread of Life 6:41-51Jesus’ claim to be the Bread of Life that had come down from heaven was something His hearers found hard to accept. Consequently Jesus clarified what He meant further. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:49-50

Jesus had been speaking of everlasting life and had claimed that He as the Bread of Life could provide it. Now he clarified the distinction between the physical bread that God provided in the wilderness and the spiritual Bread that He provided in Jesus. The result of eating the manna was temporary satisfaction but ultimately death, but the result of believing in Jesus was permanent satisfaction and no death."When God gave the manna, He gave only a gift; but when Jesus came, He gave Himself.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:1-71

The Bread of LifeJohn 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm.Returning from Jerusalem, our Lord met the Apostles somewhere on the W. of the lake (perhaps at Capernaum), and heard their report of their mission (Luke 9:10). He then spent about a fortnight preaching and healing the sick (John 6:2), and afterwards, seeking retirement, sailed with them to a desert place on the NE. coast... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 6:48-50

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 6:22-59

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 6:49

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:49

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 6:49-50

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 6:49

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:22-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:41-51

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:49-50

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:1-71

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