John 6:61 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them,Doth this offendb you? ”

• John 6:61 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Further Jewish Objections. Further advance is made by the use for the first time of the phrase, to eat the flesh. To their question How? Jesus answers that the gift of life can be obtained only by...

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• John 6:61 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  it . this. offend . cause to stumble. you? Emph.; i.e. you, as well as those Jews.

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• John 6:61 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  61. But Jesus knowing. Christ knew indeed, that the offense which the reprobate had taken up could not be removed; for, to tell the truth, (171) the doctrine does not so much wound them as...

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• John 6:61 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? Jesus knew in himself - By giving them this proof that he knew their hearts he also proved that...

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• John 6:61 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Doth this offend you?— "Are you offended, because I said my flesh is bread, and that it came down from heaven, and that you must eat my flesh and drink my blood, in order to your having eternal lif...

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• John 6:61 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth th...

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• John 6:61 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Bread of Life John 6:1 to John 7:1 . Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from...

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• John 6:61 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured. — The tenses in the original describe the scene in the present: Jesus as knowing, the disciples as murmuring. The knowledge is in Himself...

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• John 6:61 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 15 THE CRISIS IN GALILEE. “Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? But Jesus knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured at...

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• John 6:61 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sifting of Jesus' Followers John 6:60-71 The teaching of this chapter involves a deliberate act of Christ to arrest the revolutionary movement that was gathering around His person and makin...

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• John 6:61 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted t...

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• John 6:61 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying: who can hear it? (61) When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth th...

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• John 6:61 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  A SPIRITUAL PLUMMET ‘Doth this offend you?’ John 6:61 This interrogation is the plummet wherewith God tries, from time to time, the depth of our religion, our progress in the hidden life....

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• John 6:61 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  When Jesus knew in himself ,.... And of himself, without any intelligence from others, or hearing what was said, being the omniscient God: that his disciples murmured at it ; at the doctrine he ha...

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• John 6:61 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? Ver. 61. When Jesus knew in himself ] For they had not yet discovered what pinched them; but...

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• John 6:61 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When Jesus knew Greek, ειδως δε ο Ιησους εν εαυτω, Jesus knowing in himself; that his disciples murmured at it Though they did not speak out their objections and scruples; said, Doth this , whic...

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• John 6:61 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, availa...

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• John 6:61 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with His Disciples; The Effect of Christ's Discourse; The Character of Judas.       60 Many therefore of his discip...

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• John 6:61 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Christ, though clothed with our flesh, yet being also the eternal Son of God, knew by virtue of his Divine nature, personally united to the human nature, what was in the heart of man; hence is this p...

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• John 6:61 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Disciples Must Now Face Up to Who He Is ( John 6:60-71 ). The discourse began with the challenge to the crowds. It then moved on to the challenge to the Judaisers. Now it becomes a challenge t...

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• John 6:61 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 6:22-24 . None other boat, rather little ship (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been pre...

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• John 6:61 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 6:61 Christ is the life of the world. It is as the world's life that we have fellowship with Him. It is as the world's life that faith recognises Him and rejoices in Him. Christ our life! Thi...

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• John 6:61 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 6:41 . The Jews then murmured at him, That is, at the Christ, John 6:41-42 . Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Jos...

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• John 6:61 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 6:2 . A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles. But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick....

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• John 6:61 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? The defection of the disciples I. OCCASIONED BY A HARD SAYING ( John 6:60 ). It was unquesti...

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• John 6:61 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 6:1-43 2. Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source . John 6:1-43 (1) The supply of human wants illustrat...

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• John 6:61 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Offense of Many Disciples. The disciples murmur:

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• John 6:61 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 4:13 ; John 2:24 ; John 2:25 ; John 21:17 ; John 6:64 ; Revelation 2:23

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