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John 6:49
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47 Most assuredly, I say to you, ahe who believes in Me has everlasting life.  
48 aI am the bread of life.  
49 aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.  
50 aThis is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.  
51 I am the living bread awhich came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and bthe bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”  
52 The Jews therefore aquarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”  
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ayou eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.  
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John 6:49

Your fathers did eat manna - There was a real miracle performed in their behalf; there was a perpetual interposition of God which showed that they were his chosen people.

And are dead - The bread which they ate could not save them from death. Though God interfered in their behalf, yet they died. We may learn,

1.That that is not the most valuable of God' s gifts which merely satisfies the temporal wants.

2.That the most distinguished temporal blessings will not save from death. Wealth, friends, food, raiment, will not preserve life.

3.There is need of something better than mere earthly blessings; there is need of that bread which cometh down from heaven, and which giveth life to the world.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 6:49:

Genesis 14:1-24
John 6:32
John 8:51

 

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