Yohanes 6:41

6:41 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ¹  began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

Yohanes 6:52

6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ²  began to argue with one another, ³  “How can this man ⁴  give us his flesh to eat?”

Yohanes 6:60-61

6:60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, ⁵  said, “This is a difficult ⁶  saying! ⁷  Who can understand it?” ⁸  6:61 When Jesus was aware ⁹  that his disciples were complaining ¹⁰  about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ¹¹ 

Yohanes 6:64

6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) ¹² 

Yohanes 6:66

Peter’s Confession

6:66 After this many of his disciples quit following him ¹³  and did not accompany him ¹⁴  any longer.

[6:41]  ¹ tn Grk “Then the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the translation restricts the phrase to those Jews who were hostile to Jesus (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.β), since the “crowd” mentioned in 6:22-24 was almost all Jewish (as suggested by their addressing Jesus as “Rabbi” (6:25). Likewise, the designation “Judeans” does not fit here because the location is Galilee rather than Judea.

[6:52]  ² tn Grk “Then the Jews began to argue.” Here the translation restricts the phrase to those Jews who were hostile to Jesus (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.β), since the “crowd” mentioned in 6:22-24 was almost all Jewish (as suggested by their addressing Jesus as “Rabbi” (6:25). See also the note on the phrase “the Jews who were hostile to Jesus” in v. 41.

[6:52]  ³ tn Grk “with one another, saying.”

[6:52]  ⁴ tn Grk “this one,” “this person.”

[6:60]  ⁵ tn The words “these things” are not present in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the English reader.

[6:60]  ⁶ tn Or “hard,” “demanding.”

[6:60]  ⁷ tn Or “teaching”; Grk “word.”

[6:60]  ⁸ tn Or “obey it”; Grk “hear it.” The Greek word ἀκούω (akouw) could imply hearing with obedience here, in the sense of “obey.” It could also point to the acceptance of what Jesus had just said, (i.e., “who can accept what he said?” However, since the context contains several replies by those in the crowd of hearers that suggest uncertainty or confusion over the meaning of what Jesus had said (6:42; 6:52), the meaning “understand” is preferred here.

[6:61]  ⁹ tn Grk “When Jesus knew within himself.”

[6:61]  ¹⁰ tn Or “were grumbling.”

[6:61]  ¹¹ tn Or “Does this cause you to no longer believe?” (Grk “cause you to stumble?”)

[6:61]  sn Does this cause you to be offended? It became apparent to some of Jesus’ followers at this point that there would be a cost involved in following him. They had taken offense at some of Jesus’ teaching (perhaps the graphic imagery of “eating his flesh” and “drinking his blood,” and Jesus now warned them that if they thought this was a problem, there was an even worse cause for stumbling in store: his upcoming crucifixion (John 6:61b-62). Jesus asked, in effect, “Has what I just taught caused you to stumble? What will you do, then, if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” This ascent is to be accomplished through the cross; for John, Jesus’ departure from this world and his return to the Father form one continual movement from cross to resurrection to ascension.

[6:64]  ¹² sn This is a parenthetical comment by the author.

[6:66]  ¹³ tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”

[6:66]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “were not walking with him.”