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Manna Was Not Enough
Commentators unanimously highlight that Jesus uses the manna to make a crucial point: even God's most spectacular physical provisions are temporary. The manna sustained physical life for a time, but it could not prevent death. This establishes the need for a superior, spiritual bread that offers something more than temporary sustenance.
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Albert Barnes
On John 6:49
18th Century
Theologian
Your fathers did eat manna. There was a real miracle performed on their behalf; there was a perpetual interposition of God which showed th…
AT Robertson
On John 6:49
And they died (κα απεθανον). Physical death. The manna did not prevent death. But this new manna will prevent spiritual death.
Charles Ellicott
On John 6:49
19th Century
Bishop
Your fathers . . . and are dead.—A more accurate reading is, . . . and died.—The manna which their fathers ate ([Referenc…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 6:48–50
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 6:49
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…
John Calvin
On John 6:49
16th Century
Theologian
Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. He says that the manna was a perishing food to their fathers, fo…
John Gill
On John 6:49
17th Century
Pastor
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness
All the while they were in the wilderness, for the space of forty years…
Matthew Henry
On John 6:47–51
17th Century
Minister
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…