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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/6.htm">New International Version</a> At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, &#8220I am the bread that came down from heaven.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/john/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him because He said, "I am the bread having come down from heaven." <a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a> The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.” <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, &#8220I am the bread that came down out of heaven.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The Jews therefore were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.” <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now the Jews murmured and found fault with Him because He said, “I am the Bread that came down out of heaven.” <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore the Jews started grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore the Jews started complaining about Him because He said, &#8220I am the bread that came down from heaven.&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven. <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The Jews began to criticize Jesus for saying, "I am the bread that came from heaven." <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people started grumbling about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, ?I am the bread that came down from heaven.? <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The Jewish people therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven." <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven. <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at Him, because He said, “I AM the bread that came down out of Heaven”; <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him because He said, "I am the bread having come down from heaven." <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, 'I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;' <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then murmured the Jews about him, because he said, I am the bread having come down from heaven.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven. <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: “I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.” <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> The Jews murmured about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now the Jews murmured against him, for he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But the Judeans were murmuring about him for saying: “I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Bread, which has descended from Heaven.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Then the Jews murmured at him, because he said, I am like bread that came down from heaven. <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then the Jews were murmuring concerning Him, because He said, <FR>I am the bread having come down from heaven,<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> The Jews then murmured against him, for having said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Now the Jews began to find fault about Him because of His claiming to be the bread which came down out of Heaven. <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> The Jews, therefore, were murmuring concerning Him, because He said, <FR>"I am the Bread that came down out of Heaven."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> The Jews then murmured about Him; because He said, <FR>I am the bread that came down from heaven.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/6-41.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2041" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a> …40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” 41<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">At this,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2453.htm" title="2453: Ioudaioi (Adj-NMP) -- Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.">Jews</a> <a href="/greek/1111.htm" title="1111: Egongyzon (V-IIA-3P) -- To whisper, murmur, grumble (generally of smoldering discontent). Of uncertain derivation; to grumble.">began to grumble</a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.">about</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">He had said,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: Egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">“I</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: eimi (V-PIA-1S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">am</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/740.htm" title="740: artos (N-NMS) -- Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.">bread</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/2597.htm" title="2597: katabas (V-APA-NMS) -- To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.">came down</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven.” </a> 42They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Exodus 16:2-3</a> And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. / “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” <a href="/exodus/16-7.htm">Exodus 16:7-8</a> and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?” / And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.” <a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a> When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4-6</a> Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? / We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. / But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” <a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Numbers 11:18-20</a> And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. / You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, / but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’” <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a> He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. <a href="/psalms/106-24.htm">Psalm 106:24-25</a> They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2-3</a> Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. / Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Jeremiah 31:35</a> Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name: <a href="/matthew/13-55.htm">Matthew 13:55-57</a> “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? / Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?” / And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.” <a href="/matthew/16-11.htm">Matthew 16:11-12</a> How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” / Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. <a href="/mark/6-3.htm">Mark 6:3</a> Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him. <a href="/luke/4-22.htm">Luke 4:22</a> All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked. <a href="/luke/4-28.htm">Luke 4:28-29</a> On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged. / They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.murmured.<a href="/john/6-43.htm">John 6:43,52,60,66</a> Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves… <a href="/john/7-12.htm">John 7:12</a> And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.<a href="/luke/5-30.htm">Luke 5:30</a> But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?I am.<a href="/john/6-33.htm">John 6:33,48,51,58</a> For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-39.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/john/6-35.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/luke/23-2.htm">Claiming</a> <a href="/luke/23-14.htm">Fault</a> <a href="/john/5-39.htm">Find</a> <a href="/luke/19-7.htm">Grumble</a> <a href="/luke/5-30.htm">Grumbling</a> <a href="/john/6-38.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/john/6-35.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/6-4.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/luke/19-7.htm">Murmured</a> <a href="/luke/19-7.htm">Murmuring</a> <a href="/john/5-47.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/7-23.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/john/6-48.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/john/8-25.htm">Claiming</a> <a href="/john/6-43.htm">Fault</a> <a href="/john/6-43.htm">Find</a> <a href="/john/6-43.htm">Grumble</a> <a href="/john/6-43.htm">Grumbling</a> <a href="/john/6-42.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/john/6-42.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/6-52.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/6-61.htm">Murmured</a> <a href="/john/7-12.htm">Murmuring</a> <a href="/john/6-63.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div>1. <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a> 15. <a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a> 16. <a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a> 26. <a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a> 32. <a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a> 66. <a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a> 68. <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a> 70. <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus The reaction of the Jews reflects a common theme in the Gospel of John, where misunderstanding and skepticism often meet Jesus' teachings. The term "Jews" here typically refers to the Jewish leaders or those in opposition to Jesus, rather than the entire Jewish population. Grumbling echoes the Israelites' complaints in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/16-2.htm">Exodus 16:2-3</a>), highlighting a recurring pattern of disbelief and dissatisfaction with God's provision.because He had said, This phrase introduces the reason for their discontent. Jesus' statements often challenged existing beliefs and expectations, leading to tension and conflict. His teachings frequently required a shift from traditional interpretations of the Law and Prophets to a new understanding centered on His identity and mission.“I am the bread that came down from heaven.” This declaration is a profound claim of divinity and fulfillment of Old Testament typology. The "I am" statement connects to God's self-identification in <a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14</a>, suggesting Jesus' divine nature. The imagery of bread from heaven recalls the manna provided to the Israelites (<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a>), positioning Jesus as the true sustenance and life-giver. This statement also foreshadows the Eucharist, where believers partake in the body of Christ, symbolizing spiritual nourishment and unity with Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a> This term refers to the Jewish people, particularly the religious leaders and those in the synagogue who were listening to Jesus. They were often skeptical of Jesus' claims and teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who is teaching about His divine origin and mission. 3. <a href="/topical/b/bread_from_heaven.htm">Bread from Heaven</a> A metaphor used by Jesus to describe Himself as the spiritual sustenance sent by God, drawing a parallel to the manna provided to the Israelites in the wilderness. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grumbling.htm">Grumbling</a> This reaction of the Jews echoes the Israelites' complaints in the wilderness, showing a lack of faith and understanding. 5. <a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a> The location where Jesus delivered this discourse, a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, which served as a base for His ministry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_jesus'_identity.htm">Understanding Jesus' Identity</a> Recognize Jesus as the divine sustenance, the true "bread from heaven," and the fulfillment of God's promises. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_familiarity.htm">Faith Over Familiarity</a> Avoid the trap of skepticism and grumbling like the Jews, who were too familiar with Jesus' earthly origins to see His divine nature. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a> Just as physical bread sustains the body, Jesus, the spiritual bread, sustains the soul. Seek Him daily for spiritual nourishment. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> Reflect on God's faithfulness in providing for our needs, both physical and spiritual, and respond with gratitude rather than grumbling. <a href="/topical/e/embrace_the_incarnation.htm">Embrace the Incarnation</a> Appreciate the mystery and majesty of the incarnation, where Jesus, fully God, became fully man to bring us eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a> <a href="/q/why_grumble_when_gratitude_brings_joy.htm">Why grumble when gratitude brings peace and joy?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_acts.htm">What are the key events in the Book of Acts?</a> <a href="/q/why_many_bible_interpretations.htm">Why did Jesus instruct eating His flesh and blood?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_corpus_christi.htm">What is the meaning of Corpus Christi?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(41) The Jews murmured at him.--Better, concerning Him, as in <a href="/john/7-12.htm" title="And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceives the people.">John 7:12</a>; <a href="/john/7-32.htm" title="The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.">John 7:32</a>. Here, too, it was "among themselves" (<a href="/john/6-43.htm" title="Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.">John 6:43</a>). With the true spirit of objectors, they do not regard what He has since said in explanation, but fasten upon what they do not understand in its most striking form. Perhaps they have not listened to what has followed; indeed, the words imply that they were for some time talking to one another, and interrupting His discourse, and that this led to His answering them. They are the Jewish authorities, representing, and probably in part consisting of, members of the Sanhedrin. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/1-19.htm" title="And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?">John 1:19</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 41-51. - (c) The murmur of the Jews met by additional claim that his "flesh" is the "living bread." The passage here following resumes the narrative of the impression produced by the extraordinary discourse that had preceded. The question of "the Jews" does not turn at all upon the explanation he had just given to his disciples in vers. 36-40, but goes back to the theme of vers. 29-36. "The Jews" need not be restricted to the Jewish or the aristocratic or bigoted portion of the Galilaean ὅχλος, but rather to the Jewish authorities of the towns of Bethsaida and Capernaum, who had been stirred up into active opposition by the report of the miracles and of the explanation which the Lord had put upon them. Verse 41. - The Jews therefore murmured concerning him. Perhaps in <a href="/john/7-32.htm">John 7:32</a> γογγύζειν means simply "whisper;" but throughout the New Testament (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a>; <a href="/luke/5-30.htm">Luke 5:30</a>, with πρός; <a href="/matthew/20-11.htm">Matthew 20:11</a>, with κατὰ; cf. <a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-14.htm">Philippians 2:14</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-9.htm">1 Peter 4:9</a>; Wisd. 1:10) it has the malevolent meaning conveyed in the LXX. It is used to denote very rebellious feelings against God (<a href="/exodus/16-7.htm">Exodus 16:7-9</a>; <a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">Numbers 11:1</a>; <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Numbers 14:27</a>). The Attic writers used τονθορίζω. Because he said, I am the Bread which cometh down from heaven. This was a reasonable putting together of the three assertions: "I am the Bread of life" (ver. 35); "I have come down from heaven" (ver. 38); and "The bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven" (ver. 33). "The Jews" did not misunderstand his meaning. They understood it perfectly, and rebelled against it. <a href="/commentaries/john/6-41.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>At this, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Jews Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2453.htm">Strong's 2453: </a> Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah. began to grumble Ἐγόγγυζον (Egongyzon) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1111.htm">Strong's 1111: </a> To whisper, murmur, grumble (generally of smoldering discontent). Of uncertain derivation; to grumble. about περὶ (peri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4012.htm">Strong's 4012: </a> From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. [Jesus] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. He had said, εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “I Ἐγώ (Egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. am εἰμι (eimi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. bread ἄρτος (artos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_740.htm">Strong's 740: </a> Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. that ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. came down καταβὰς (katabas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2597.htm">Strong's 2597: </a> To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. heaven.” οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/6-41.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him because (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/6-40.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:40"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:40" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/6-42.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:42"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:42" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>