Connection
Bread from heaven
The crowd fed by Jesus recalled the manna their fathers ate in the wilderness. Jesus answered that the true bread from heaven is the one the Father gives, and that He is the bread of life.
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A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.
Direct quotation
New TestamentJohn 6:31Open this recordRead the earlier witness
he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. Read the later witness
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Why FaithGraph draws this line
John 6:31 quotes Psalms 78:24.
The crowd cites the Scripture that God gave their fathers bread from heaven to eat, which matches the psalm's account of the manna and Nehemiah's prayer.
Evidence
The wording is closest to Nehemiah 9:15 and Psalm 78:24; the event itself is Exodus 16.
The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.