John 6:43

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.

John 6:43 in Other Translations

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,Murmur not among yourselves.

43 Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

43 But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said.

43 Jesus said, "Don't bicker among yourselves over me.

43 Jesus answered them, "Stop complaining 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 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.

44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.

45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.