John 6:42 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith , I came down from heaven?

John 6:42 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 4:22
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Matthew 13:55-56
Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? …
John 7:27-28
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. …
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28-59)

Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of Christ’s condescension that he gave them leave to ask him questions, and did not resent the interruption as an affront, no, not from his common hearers, though not his immediate followers. Those that w…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 42)

41-46. Jews murmured--muttered, not in our Lord’s hearing, but He knew it (Joh 6:43; Joh 2:25). he said, I am the bread, &c.--Missing the sense and glory of this, and having no relish for such sublimities, they harp upon the “Bread from heaven.” “What can this mean? Do we not know all about Him--where, when, and of whom He was born? And yet He says He came down from heaven!”