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John 6:60

Doubt

58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

59 Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

61 Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

62 Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
KJV
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
WEB
Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
ASV
Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
DARBY
Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?
BLB
Therefore many of His disciples, having heard, said, “This word is difficult; who is able to hear it?”
ÅB
Mange av hans disipler sa nå, da de hørte det: Dette er en hård tale; hvem kan høre den?
OTB
Da de hørte det, sa mange av disiplene hans: "Dette er en vanskelig lære. Hvem kan akseptere det?"
B1930
Mange av hans disipler sa nu, da de hørte det: Dette er en hård tale; hvem kan høre den?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 6:66

    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

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  • John 8:43

    Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.

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  • John 8:31

    So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

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  • Matthew 11:6

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

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  • John 6:41–42

    At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

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  • 2 Peter 3:16

    He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

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  • Hebrews 5:11

    We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

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