John 6:43

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not 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 Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

42 and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble {among yourselves}!

44 No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "with one another"