John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
KJV
Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· πῶς δύναται ἡμῖν οὗτος δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα φαγεῖν;
Greek NT
Si quis manducaverit ex hoc pane, vivet in æternum : et panis quem ego dabo, caro mea est pro mundi vita.
Vulgate
The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
ASV
If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
1. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame Philippians 3:19, said Paul of certain persons, writing to the Philippians. Now that the Jews were of this character is clear, both from what has gone before, and from what they came and said to Christ. For when He gave them bread, and filled their bellies, they said that He was a Prophet, and sought to make Him a K…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Exod 12:8 — And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
- John 3:9 — Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- John 6:41 — The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
- John 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- John 9:16 — Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
- John 10:19 — There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.