Juan 6:42

42 Ellos se decían: «¿Acaso no es éste Jesús, el hijo de José? Conocemos a su padre y a su madre. ¿Y ahora cómo puede decir: “Yo descendí del cielo”?».

Juan 6:42 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:42

And they said, is not this Jesus the son of Joseph?
&c.] From murmuring they go to mocking and scoffing at his parentage and descent, and object this to his coming down from heaven; and intend by it to upbraid him with the meanness of his birth, being the son of Joseph, a poor carpenter; and suggest, that it was great arrogance in him to claim an heavenly original, and to ascribe such things to himself, that he was the bread of God, and the bread of life, and came from heaven:

whose father and mother we know?
for Capernaum and Nazareth were not at a great distance from each other; so that Joseph and Mary might be personally known by the inhabitants of Capernaum, and they might be intimately acquainted with them.

How is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
they could not tell how to reconcile these things, not knowing either his miraculous conception and incarnation, nor his divine sonship; otherwise his being made of a woman, or born of a virgin on earth, is consistent with his being the Lord from heaven.

Juan 6:42 In-Context

40 Pues la voluntad de mi Padre es que todos los que vean a su Hijo y crean en él tengan vida eterna; y yo los resucitaré en el día final.

41 Entonces la gente
comenzó a murmurar en desacuerdo, porque él había dicho:

42 Ellos se decían: «¿Acaso no es éste Jesús, el hijo de José? Conocemos a su padre y a su madre. ¿Y ahora cómo puede decir: “Yo descendí del cielo”?».

43 Jesús les contestó:

44 Pues nadie puede venir a mí a menos que me lo traiga el Padre, que me envió, y yo lo resucitaré en el día final.