John 6:43

43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them: Murmur not 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 Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he: I came down from heaven?

43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh forth me.