John 6:31

6:31 Our ancestors ¹  ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ² 

John 6:52

6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ³  began to argue with one another, ⁴  “How can this man ⁵  give us his flesh to eat?”

[6:31]  ¹ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[6:31]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 78:24 (referring to the events of Exod 16:4-36).

[6:52]  ³ 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.

[6:52]  ⁴ tn Grk “with one another, saying.”

[6:52]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one,” “this person.”