JOHN 6:31-32 NKJV

Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

JOHN 6:31-32 NKJV

John 6:31 There was a tradition that said the Messiah would cause manna to fall from heaven as Moses did (Ex. 16:4, 15). The people probably also saw this “miracle worker” as the perpetual provider of physical needs rather than spiritual ones.

John 6:32 The crowd misrepresented the truth, so Jesus corrected them. The manna had not come from Moses; it had been provided by God. Moreover, God still gives true bread—that is, eternal life (v. 33).