Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Holman Bible
At that, the Jews argued
International Standard Version
Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
A Conservative Version
The Jews therefore contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
American Standard Version
The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Amplified
Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
An Understandable Version
Then the Jews [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began arguing bitterly with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his physical body to eat?"
Anderson New Testament
The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Common New Testament
Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Darby Translation
The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?
Godbey New Testament
Then the Jews were contending with one another, saying, How is this One able to give unto us His flesh to eat?
Goodspeed New Testament
This led the Jews to dispute with one another. They said, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"
John Wesley New Testament
The Jews then debated among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Julia Smith Translation
Then the Jews contended with one another, saying, How can he give us the flesh to eat
King James 2000
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Lexham Expanded Bible
So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Modern King James verseion
Then the Jews argued with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Jews strove among themselves, saying, "How can this fellow give us his flesh to eat?"
Moffatt New Testament
The Jews then wrangled with one another, saying, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"
Montgomery New Testament
Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
NET Bible
Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
New Heart English Bible
The Jews therefore argued with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Noyes New Testament
The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Sawyer New Testament
Then the Jews contended one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
The Emphasized Bible
The Jews, therefore, began to strive one with another, saying - How can this one, unto us, give his flesh to eat?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then the Jews contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?"
Webster
The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Weymouth New Testament
This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"
Williams New Testament
But the Jews kept on wrangling with one another and saying, "How can He give us His flesh to eat?"
World English Bible
The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Worrell New Testament
The Jews, therefore, were wrangling with one another, saying, "How can This Man give us His flesh to eat?"
Worsley New Testament
The Jews therefore cavilled amongst themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Youngs Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?'
Themes
Flesh » Symolical » Body of Christ symbolized by the bread
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in the synagogue in capernaum
Eternal life » Results from » Eating the bread of life
Spiritual life » Christ is the author of
Murmuring » Instances of » Jews, against jesus
Interlinear
Houtos
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 6:52
Verse Info
Context Readings
Discourse About The Bread Of Life
51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. 52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food? 53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
Cross References
John 9:16
Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
John 10:19
There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.
John 3:9
And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
John 6:41
Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
John 3:4
Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
John 4:11
The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?
John 7:40-43
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.