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Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6:52

In 9 translations

BSB
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
KJV
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
WEB
The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
ASV
The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
LSV
The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, “How is this One able to give us [His] flesh to eat?”
YLT
The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?'
DBY
The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?
DRC6:53
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
GNV
Then the Iewes stroue among themselues, saying, Howe can this man giue vs his flesh to eate?

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include αὐτοῦ (“of Him”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· Πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα αὐτοῦ φαγεῖν;
RP2018
Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες, Πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα φαγεῖν;
TR-Boyd
Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες, Πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα φαγεῖν;
SCR1894
εμαχοντο ουν προς αλληλους οι ιουδαιοι λεγοντες πως δυναται ουτος ημιν δουναι την σαρκα φαγειν

Who and where

◆ Bread of Life Sermon

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 9:16Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
  • John 10:19Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
  • John 6:41At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
  • 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 3:4“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  • John 3:9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  • John 7:40–43On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee? Doesn’t the Scripture say that the…
  • John 4:11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
  • Acts 17:32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

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