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"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/john/6-52.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/john/6-52.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/6-52.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">John</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/6.htm">Chapter 6</a> > Verse 52</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/6-51.htm" title="John 6:51">◄</a> John 6:52 {53} <a href="../john/6-53.htm" title="John 6:53">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/john/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This started an angry argument among them. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They started arguing with each other and asked, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?</p><p class="hdg">strove.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/6-41.htm">John 6:41</a> The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/7-40.htm">John 7:40-43</a> Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/9-16.htm">John 9:16</a> Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/10-19.htm">John 10:19</a> A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.</p><p class="hdg">How.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/3-4.htm">John 3:4,9</a> Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born again? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/4-11.htm">John 4:11</a> The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou living water?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/17-32.htm">Acts 17:32</a> And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked. But others said: We will hear thee again concerning this matter.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a> But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him: and he cannot understand, because it is spiritually examined.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">51</span>I am the living bread which came down from heaven. [52] 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. <span class="reftext">52</span><span class="highl">The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?</span> <span class="reftext">53</span>Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you: except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/1-19.htm">John 1:19</a></span><br />And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/6-41.htm">John 6:41</a></span><br />The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/6-60.htm">John 6:60</a></span><br />Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard; and who can hear it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/9-16.htm">John 9:16</a></span><br />Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/10-19.htm">John 10:19</a></span><br />A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/6-44.htm">Able</a> <a href="/luke/19-7.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/mark/8-11.htm">Argue</a> <a href="/luke/20-5.htm">Argued</a> <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">Contended</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-4.htm">Debate</a> <a href="/mark/9-34.htm">Disputed</a> <a href="/john/6-51.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/6-51.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/john/6-50.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/6-41.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/1-42.htm">Led</a> <a href="/john/5-44.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Strove</a> <a href="/john/6-24.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-60.htm">Able</a> <a href="/john/7-23.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/acts/6-9.htm">Argue</a> <a href="/john/9-16.htm">Argued</a> <a href="/acts/11-2.htm">Contended</a> <a href="/john/7-12.htm">Debate</a> <a href="/acts/6-9.htm">Disputed</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/john/6-53.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/7-1.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/7-47.htm">Led</a> <a href="/john/7-7.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/acts/7-26.htm">Strove</a> <a href="/john/7-35.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/john/6-52.htm">John 6:52 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: among another argue began can eat flesh give his How Jews man one saying sharply the themselves Then this to us with<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/6-52.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:52 The Jews therefore contended with one another (Jhn Jo Jn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/6-51.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:51"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:51" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/6-53.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:53"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:53" /></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"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>