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Your fathersοἱ πατέρες ὑμῶνateἔφαγονthe mannaτὸ μάνναinἐνthe wilderness,τῇ ἐρήμῳandκαὶthey died.ἀπέθανον
John 6:49
Study it in the app“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.”
With the Greek beneath
John 6:49, word by word
- Your fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears- ateἔφαγονephagon
eat
Eat.
Where else “ephagon” appears- the mannaμάνναmanna
manna
Manna, the food God gave Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16).
Where else “manna” appears- the wildernessἐρήμῳerēmōi
wilderness
Land without people or crops.
Where else “erēmōi” appears- they diedἀπέθανονapethanon
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanon” appears
The context
48I am the bread of life.
49 · This verse (above)
50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
To study John 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?