John 6:52 {53}
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The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

strove.

John 6:41 The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

John 7:40-43 Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed. . . .

John 9:16 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.

John 10:19 A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.

How.

John 3:4,9 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? . . .

John 4:11 The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou living water?

Acts 17:32 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.

1 Corinthians 2:14 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.

Context
Jesus the Bread of Life
51I 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. 52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53Then 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.…
Cross References
John 1:19
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?

John 6:41
The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard; and who can hear it?

John 9:16
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.

John 10:19
A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.

Lexicon
At this,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: 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
Strong's Greek 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

began to argue
Ἐμάχοντο (Emachonto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3164: To engage in battle, fight; hence: To strive, contend, dispute.

among
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

themselves,
ἀλλήλους (allēlous)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

“How
Πῶς (Pōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

can
δύναται (dynatai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

this [man]
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

give
δοῦναι (dounai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

us
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

flesh
σάρκα (sarka)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

to eat?”
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5315: A primary verb; to eat.


Additional Translations
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

Therefore the Jews were arguing with one another, saying, "How is this man able to give us His flesh to eat?"

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?'
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