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Book of John Chapter 6 - Read Chapter 6:60 - [In Context ]The followers of Jesus heard this. Many of the followers said, "This teaching is hard {to accept}. Who can accept this teaching?"
6:61 - [In Context ]Jesus knew that his followers were complaining about this. So Jesus said, "Is this teaching a problem for you?
6:62 - [In Context ]Then will it also be a problem for you to see the Son of Man F97 going back to the place where he came from?
6:63 - [In Context ]It is not the body that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The things I told you are spirit. And so these things give life.
6:64 - [In Context ]But some of you don't believe." (Jesus knew the people that did not believe. Jesus knew this from the beginning. And Jesus knew the person that would turn against him.)
6:65 - [In Context ]Jesus said, "That is why I said, 'If the Father does not let a person come to me, then that person cannot come.'"
6:66 - [In Context ]After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus.
6:67 - [In Context ]Jesus asked the twelve apostles, F98 "Do you want to leave too?"
6:68 - [In Context ]Simon Peter answered Jesus, "Lord, where would we go? You have the things that give life forever.
6:69 - [In Context ]We believe in you. We know that you are the Holy One from God."
FOOTNOTES: F97: Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
F98: apostles The men Jesus chose to be his special helpers.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest;
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