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John 6:61
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 this offend you?
Verse 61. _JESUS KNEW IN HIMSELF_] By giving them this proof that he knew their hearts he also proved that he was God; that he could not be deceived himself, and that it was impossible for him to dece...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
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 suc...
DOTH THIS OFFEND YOU? His disciples could not take in what had just been said. They expected an earthly king, not. crucified Savior. Hence they murmured and were offended....
When they had heard this discourse many of his disciples said: "This word is hard! Who is able to listen to it?" Jesus well knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this; so he said...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
IT. this. OFFEND. cause to stumble. YOU? Emph.; i.e. you, as well as those Jews....
_knew in himself_ Again He appears as the reader of the heart. Comp. John 1:42; John 1:47; John 2:24-25; John 4:18;...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE DISCOURSE...
ἘΝ ἙΑΥΤΩ͂Ι. They talked in a low tone, but He knew without hearing; see on John 6:41 and John 2:24. As in John 1:42; John 1:47;...
par Ver 60. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61. When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them,...
_TEACHING ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE -- JOHN 6:22-65:_ On the next day the multitude realized that Jesus was gone and they went to find Him. The people asked Jesus how or when He got to Capernaum. Jesus...
ΕΊΔΏΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΟΙΔΑ, _см._ ет. 42. Temp, или причинное _part._ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) заставлять оступиться, оскорблять (TLNT; TDNT; EDNT)....
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 life?—...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, EXPLAINED _Text 6:60-65_ 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his discip...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:60-71 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: It is indeed pathetic to find that here in Galilee Christ met with no...
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 THIS OF...
56 Just as Nicodemus failed to see the figure when our Lord spoke to him about the new birth, so now His followers fail to understand when He speaks of feeding on His flesh and blood. There is a subtl...
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 Jerusal...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
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, u...
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 thi...
_The crisis in Galilee_....
This apparently was said out of the hearing of Jesus, for John 6:61 says εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν ἑαυτῷ, “Jesus knowing in Himself,” that is, perceiving that they were murmuring, He intuitively understood...
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 making Him...
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 to...
If Christ had wished to say nothing else than that his disciples should be filled with his doctrine, that being his flesh and blood, it would not have been a hard saying; neither would it have shocked...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
II. THE DISCOURSES: JOHN 6:22-65. This section contains, first an historical introduction (John 6:22-24), then a series of conversations and discourses (John 6:25-65)....
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 60-65. The very difficulty in the way of understanding, which has just been referred to, caused the division between the temporary and permanent disciples...
“ _But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto them: Does this word offend you?_ 62. _And if you shall see the Son of man ascending where he was before?_ 63. _It is th...
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 thi...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
_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. I. HE...
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 it exposes...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
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 had del...
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 on...
_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_, which...
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, available...
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;...
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 ph...
John 6:61 When G1161 Jesus G2424 knew G1492 (G5761) in G1722 Himself G1438 that G3754 His G846 disciples...
‘But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” ' Aware of...
THE DISCIPLES MUST NOW FACE UP TO WHO HE IS (JOHN 6:60). The discourse began with the challenge to the crowds. It then moved on to the challenge to the Judaisers. Now it becomes a challenge to the di...
John 6:61. BUT JESUS, KNOWING IN HIMSELF THAT HIS DISCIPLES MURMURED CONCERNING THIS, SAID UNTO THEM, DOTH THIS MAKE YOU TO STUMBLE? He knew their thoughts, and because they are disciples, not Jews be...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
KNOWING IN HIMSELF (ειδως εν εαυτω). Second perfect active participle of οιδα. See John 2:25 for this supernatural insight into men's minds.MURMURED (γογγυζουσιν). Present active indicative retai...
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! This is...
John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him,_ That is, at our blessed Lord: «The Jews then murmured at him,» John 6:41. Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heavens. And they said, Is...
We shall read tonight part of that blessed sixth chapter of John's Gospel, beginning at the forty-first verse. John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came do...
John 6:41. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it t...
John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him,_ That is, at the Christ, John 6:41. _Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whos...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
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. Ch...
THIS TEACHING IS TOO HARD. About eating and drinking his flesh and blood. They wanted the glory of raising an army to fight the Romans. Even as Jesus got ready to go up to heaven, the disciples still...
_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 unquestionably...
VER. 59. _This is the bread_, &c. He intimates the same thing which I have said at the end of the foregoing verse. For Christ came down from heaven not as man, but as God. Wherefore he who eateth Him...
_Many therefore went back. Hard,_ i.e., _austere, rigid, oppressive, unmerciful_. The Arabic has _difficult_. Euthymius, _can scarcely be admitted. And who can hear it._ "Who can," we do not say, 'do...
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:22. 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 present when...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
Hebrews 4:13; John 2:24; John 2:25; John 21:17; John 6:64;...
Offend [ο κ α ν δ α λ ι ζ ε ι]. Rev., cause to stumble. See on Matthew 5:29. Wyc., slandereth you....