John 6:41-42

6:41 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ¹  began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” 6:42 and they said, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

John 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ²  my teaching. ³ 

Matthew 11:6

11:6 Blessed is anyone ⁴  who takes no offense at me.”

Hebrews 5:11

The Need to Move on to Maturity

5:11 On this topic we have much to say ⁵  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ⁶  in hearing.

Hebrews 5:2

5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Hebrews 3:16

3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ⁷ 

¹ tn Grk “Then the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) 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). Likewise, the designation “Judeans” does not fit here because the location is Galilee rather than Judea.

² tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

³ tn Grk “my word.”

³ tn Grk “whoever.”

⁴ tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”

⁵ tn Or “dull.”

⁵ tn Grk “through Moses.”