John 6:60

John 6:60 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
• New International Version (NIV)On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

Context of John 6:60

58This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your ancestors ate — and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.” 59He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?” 61Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, “Does this offend you? 62Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

John 6:60 word by word

πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπαν· σκληρός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• when they had heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• anλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• hardσκληρόςsklēros · hardG4642
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410

Cross-references for John 6:60

• John 6:66From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.
• John 8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples.
• John 6:41Therefore the Jews started grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• John 8:43Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
• Matthew 11:6and blessed is the one who isn’t offended by me.”
• Hebrews 5:11We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.
• 2 Peter 3:16He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

Commentaries on John 6:60

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60Many therefore of his disciples - So it appears that he had many more than the twelve, who constantly accompanied him. This is a hard saying; who can hear it? - Who can digest such doctrine as this? It is intolerable: it is impracticable. There is a similar saving in Euripides, to the of the evangelist. , ', ; Tell me whether thou wouldst that I should speak unto thee, a Soft Lie, or the Harsh Truth? The wicked word of a lying world is in general better…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 60Many of his disciples - The word “disciple” means “learner.” It was applied to the followers of Christ because they were taught by him. It does not imply, of necessity, that those to whom it was given were real Christians, but simply that they were under his teaching, and were professed learners in his school. See Matthew 17:16; Mark 2:18; John 9:28; Matthew 10:24. It is doubtless used in this sense here. It is, however, often applied to those who are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 60-65Verses 60-65 The human nature of Christ had not before been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from heaven. The Messiah's kingdom was not of this world; and they were to understand by faith, what he had said of a spiritual living upon him, and his fulness. As without the soul of man the flesh is of no value, so without the quickening Spirit of God all forms of religion are dead and worthless. He who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 60-61What Jesus said was shocking and offensive (6:53–58; see Genesis 9:4–5). It was hard for his disciples and the crowd to understand. Should they take him literally? How could they eat his flesh? Jesus answers in John 6:63.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 60-6560-65. Many ... of his disciples--His pretty constant followers, though an outer circle of them. hard saying--not merely harsh, but insufferable, as the word often means in the Old Testament. who can hear--submit to listen to it.Read the comment

Topics related to John 6:60

• Blindness
• Flesh
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Meat
• Murmur
• Andrew
• Christ, Offices of
• Hard Sayings; Hard Sentences
• Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology

Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings