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 that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers ate manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 59These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heardthis, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Doth this offend you? 62What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up 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

• Manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• hardσκληρόςsklēros · hardG4642
• sayingλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410

Cross-references for John 6:60

• John 6:66From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;
• John 6:41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
• John 8:43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
• Matthew 11:6And blessed is he, who shall not be offended because of me.
• Hebrews 5:11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
• 2 Peter 3:16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

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