John 6:60 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, ‘This teaching is hard. Who can accept it? ’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?] American Standard Version (1901) Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? Common English Bible Many of his disciples who heard this said, “This message is harsh. Who can hear it?” Catholic Public Domain Version He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum. |
‘Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
At that, the Jews argued among themselves, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ’
But there are some among you who don’t believe.’ (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not believe and the one who would betray him.)
From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.
So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works that you are doing.
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you continue in my word, , you really are my disciples.
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.
He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.