John 6:32 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:32

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

KJV

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 3 (444)

Now too does the Saviour most severely convict them of being without understanding, and exceedingly ignorant of what is in the Mosaic writings. For they ought to have known quite clearly that Moses was ministering the things of God to the people, and again those of the children of Israel to God, and was himself the worker in none of the miracles, but a minister rather and under-worker of those things which the Giver to them of all good things willed to do for the benefit of those who had been called out of bondage.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Moses gave you not that bread from heaven - Our Lord refutes the argument of the Jews, by proving: 1. That it was not Moses, but God, who gave the manna. 2. That this bread was not the true bread, but was merely a type of it. 3. That God had given them now a bread infinitely more excellent. 4. That himself is that heavenly nourishment of which he spake, and who was typified by the manna in the desert. To show that himself was the true bread from heaven, he proves two things:

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	Said	G2036 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Moses	G3475 →
δέδωκεν	dedōken	has given	G1325 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄρτον	arton	bread	G740 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ,	ouranou	heaven,	G3772 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατήρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
δίδωσιν	didōsin	gives	G1325 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄρτον	arton	bread	G740 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
ἀληθινόν.	alēthinon	true.	G228 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:1
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:21
  I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- Isaiah 27:2–3
  In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Isaiah 60:21
  Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Psalms 80:8–19
  You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Through
John 6:55
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
leads to
- John 8:36
  So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 8:31
  So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- John 15:1
  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.