And they died (κα απεθανον). Physical death. The manna did not prevent death. But this new manna will prevent spiritual death.

Your fathers did eat manna. There was a real miracle performed on their behalf; there was a perpetual interposition of God which showed th…

Your fathers . . . and are dead.—A more accurate reading is, . . . and died.—The manna which their fathers ate ([Referenc…

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 ma…

John 6:47-51a

Again Jesus says, “I am the bread of life” (cf. v.35). Previously, he linked this statement with the supplying of basic human needs. This time he l…

Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. He says that the manna was a perishing food to their fathers, fo…

Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness
All the while they were in the wilderness, for the space of forty years…

The advantage of the manna was small; it only referred to this life. But the living Bread is so excellent that the person who feeds on it shall nev…

1. After our Lord quieted the grumbling of the Jews, He now clears up the doubt they had because of His saying, I am the living bread, w…