Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you,.... It is truth, and may be depended on, whether it will be believed or not:
Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; in which Christ…
Barnes' Notes
Our fathers - The Jews who were led by Moses through the wilderness. Did eat manna - This was the name given by the Jews to the food which was furnished to them by God in their journey. It means…
Adam Clarke
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert - Their argument seems to run thus: Thou hast, we grant, fed five thousand men with five loaves and two small fishes; but what is this in comparison of what…
Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of…
Cambridge Bible
manna More exactly, the manna.
He gave them bread from heaven to eat A rough quotation of -had rained down manna upon them to eat" (Psa 78:24). They artfully suppress the nominative (which in the…
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