John 6:31
John · New Testament · Chapter 6
“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”John 6:31
What Does John 6:31 Mean?
John 6:31 is found in the book of John, chapter 6, verse 31 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to John 6:31 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 4:4“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”Matthew 6:11“Give us this day our daily bread.”Nehemiah 9:15“And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.”Psalms 105:40“The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.”Psalms 78:24“And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.”Exodus 16:4“Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.”Exodus 16:15“And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.”Exodus 16:35“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”Numbers 11:6“But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.”Deuteronomy 8:3“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”Nehemiah 9:20“Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.”John 6:49“Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.”Joshua 5:12“And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.”Revelation 2:17“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”John 6:58“This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.”1 Corinthians 10:3“And did all eat the same spiritual meat;”
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