John 4:33

4:33 So the disciples began to say ¹  to one another, “No one brought him anything ²  to eat, did they?” ³ 

John 4:32

4:32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

John 6:31

6:31 Our ancestors ⁴  ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ⁵ 

John 6:52

6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ⁶  began to argue with one another, ⁷  “How can this man ⁸  give us his flesh to eat?”

¹ tn An ingressive imperfect conveys the idea that Jesus’ reply provoked the disciples’ response.

² tn The direct object of ἤνεγκεν (hnenken) in Greek is understood; “anything” is supplied in English.

³ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “did they?”).

⁴ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 78:24 (referring to the events of Exod 16:4-36).

⁷ tn Grk “Then the Jews began to argue.” Here the translation restricts the phrase to those Jews who were hostile to Jesus (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.β), since the “crowd” mentioned in 6:22-24 was almost all Jewish (as suggested by their addressing Jesus as “Rabbi” (6:25). See also the note on the phrase “the Jews who were hostile to Jesus” in v. 41.

⁸ tn Grk “with one another, saying.”

⁹ tn Grk “this one,” “this person.”