Many of Jesus’ Disciples Offended by His Teaching

59 He said these things while[a] teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 Thus many of his disciples, when they[b] heard it,[c] said, “This saying is hard! Who can understand it?” 61 But Jesus, because he[d] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:59 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 6:60 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  3. John 6:60 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. John 6:61 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal