Jesus here quoted the prophet Moses, who told the Israelites: “[Jehovah] humbled you and let you go hungry and fed you with the manna, which neither you had known nor your fathers had known; in order to make you know that not by bread alone does man live but by every expression of Jehovah’s mouth does man live. ”
Jēzus toreiz citēja pravieti Mozu, kas izraēliešiem bija teicis: ” [Jehova] tevi pazemoja, lika tev badu ciest un ēdināja tevi ar mannu, ko tu vēl nepazini, un ko tavi tēvi nebija pazinuši, lai liktu tev atzīt, ka cilvēks nedzīvo no maizes vien, bet ka cilvēks dzīvo no visa tā, kas iziet no tā Kunga mutes. ” ( 5. Mozus 8: 3.)