John 6:41
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
KJV
Ἐγόγγυζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι εἶπεν· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ καταβὰς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,
Greek NT
Murmurabant ergo Judæi de illo, quia dixisset : Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descendi,
Vulgate
The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.
ASV
The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γογγύζω
gogguzo
verb · 8×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
1. The mild and gentle is not always useful, but there are times when the teacher needs sharper language. For if the disciple be dull and gross, then, in order to touch his dullness to the quick, we must rouse him with a goad. And this the Son of God has done in the present as well as in many other cases. For when the crowds had come and found Jesus, and were flattering Him, an…
Cross-references
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
- John 6:35 — And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
- John 6:48 — I am that bread of life.
- John 6:48 — I am that bread of life.
- John 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 6:52 — The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
- 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.
- John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
- John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
- John 6:66 — From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- John 7:12 — And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.