John 6:43

43 Jesus responded, " Don't grumble among yourselves.

John 6:43 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:43

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them
Either overhearing what they said, or knowing, as God, their secret murmurs, and private cavils among themselves, thus addressed them,

murmur not among yourselves:
meaning neither about his descent from heaven, nor about coming to him, and believing in him; for it follows,

John 6:43 In-Context

41 The Jewish opposition grumbled about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

42 They asked, "Isn't this Jesus, Joseph's son, whose mother and father we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven'?"

43 Jesus responded, "Don't grumble among yourselves.

44 No one can come to me unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last day.

45 It is written in the Prophets, And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to the Father and learned from him comes to me.