Discovery BoxJohn 6:31 
Context6:31 Our ancestors 1 ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 2
John 6:50
Context6:50 This 3 is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person 4 may eat from it and not die.
John 6:52
Context6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus 5 began to argue with one another, 6 “How can this man 7 give us his flesh to eat?”
1 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
2 sn A quotation from Ps 78:24 (referring to the events of Exod 16:4-36).
3 tn Or “Here.”
4 tn Grk “someone” (τις, tis).
5 tn Grk “Then the Jews began to argue.” Here the translation restricts the phrase to those Jews who were hostile to Jesus (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.β), since the “crowd” mentioned in 6:22-24 was almost all Jewish (as suggested by their addressing Jesus as “Rabbi” (6:25). See also the note on the phrase “the Jews who were hostile to Jesus” in v. 41.
6 tn Grk “with one another, saying.”
7 tn Grk “this one,” “this person.”
