King James Version

John 6:52

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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Ἐμάχοντοemachontostroveμάχομαι (machomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “strove”, an ongoing action in the pastG3164I engage in battle, fight; hence: I strive, contend, dispute.stroveοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.πρὸςprosamongπρόςpreposition — “among”G4314to, towards, with.amongἀλλήλουςallēlousthemselvesἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG240one another, each other.themselvesοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.λέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingΠῶςpōsHowπῶςadverb — “How”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.Howδύναταιdunataicanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canοὗτοςhoutosthis manοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this man”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.this manἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usδοῦναιdounaito giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σάρκαsarkahis fleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “his flesh”, the object formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.his fleshαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.φαγεῖνphageinto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).to eat

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Young’s Literal Translation

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, 'How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?'

World English Bible

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

Douay-Rheims

If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.

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