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

John 6:52

52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ^{▼▼ 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.} began to argue with one another, ^{▼▼ Grk “with one another, saying.”} “How can this man ^{▼▼ Grk “this one,” “this person.”} give us his flesh to eat?”