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SoοὖνmanyΠολλοὶofἐκhis disciples,τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦwhen they heard it,ἀκούσαντεςsaid,εἶπαν“Thisοὗτοςwordὁ λόγοςisἐστινhard;Σκληρόςwhoτίςcanδύναταιlisten toἀκούεινit?”αὐτοῦ
John 6:60
Study it in the app“So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This word is hard; who can listen to it?””
With the Greek beneath
John 6:60, word by word
- manyΠολλοὶPolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “Polloi” appears- his disciplesμαθητῶνmathētōn
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētōn” appears- when they heard itἀκούσαντεςakousantes
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousantes” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- wordλόγοςlogos
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logos” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- hardΣκληρόςSklēros
hard
Hard, harsh.
Where else “Sklēros” appears- canδύναταιdynatai
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appears
The context
59He said these things in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.
60 · This verse (above)
61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this make you stumble?
To study John 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?