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John 6:52
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50 aThis is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.  
51 I am the living bread awhich came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and bthe bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”  
52 The Jews therefore aquarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”  
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ayou eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.  
54 aWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.  
55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is2 drink indeed.  
56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood aabides in Me, and I in him.  
57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
58 aThis is the bread which came down from heaven—not bas your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”  
59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

60 aTherefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a1 hard saying; who can understand it?”  
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples1 complained about this, He said to them, “Does this2 offend you?  
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John 6:52

Strove (emaxonto). Imperfect (inchoative) middle of maxomai, to fight in armed combat (Acts 7:26), then to wage a war of words as here and II Timothy 2:24. They were already murmuring (John 6:41), now they began bitter strife with one another over the last words of Jesus (John 6:43-51), some probably seeing a spiritual meaning in them. There was division of opinion about Jesus in Jerusalem also later (John 7:12, John 7:40; John 9:16; John 10:19).

How can? (Pwv dunatai). The very idiom used by Nicodemus in John 3:4, John 3:9. Here scornful disbelief.

This man (outov). Contemptuous use pictured in verse John 6:42.

His flesh to eat (thn sarka autou fagein). As if we were cannibals! Some MSS. do not have autou, but the meaning is clear. The mystical appropriation of Christ by the believer (Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:17) they could not comprehend, though some apparently were against this literal interpretation of "flesh" (sarc).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:52:

John 6:39
John 6:54
John 10:19

 

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