Promise kept
Bread from heaven
Manna in the wilderness (1446 BC) to Jesus: “I am the bread of life” (AD 29–32): ~1,470–1,480 years in the Modern reckoning, ~1,520 years in the Traditional.
Manna feeds Israel in the wilderness; Jesus says the true bread from heaven is himself.
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.” So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?” …
How many years apart?
| From | To | Between | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | Manna in the wilderness, 1446 BC | Jesus: “I am the bread of life”, AD 29–32 | ~1,470–1,480 years |
| Traditional | Manna in the wilderness, 1491 BC | Jesus: “I am the bread of life”, AD 29 | ~1,520 years |
Where an event has no date in a reckoning, the arc starts when the book was written. About the two reckonings.
Is it in the cross-reference data?
Yes: OpenBible.info links John 6:31 and Exodus 16:4–15, with 9 reader votes.