A hard saying (σκληρος). "This saying is a hard one." Old adjective, rough, harsh, dried hard (from σκελλω, to dry), probably the …

Many of his disciples. The word disciple means learner. It was applied to the followers of Christ because they were taug…

Many therefore of his disciples—that is, of the disciples in the wider sense; those who more or less fully were accepting…

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and …

St. Augustine of Hippo: Such was our Lord’s discourse. The people did not realize that it had a deep meaning or that it was acco…

The enigmatic words of Jesus puzzled some of the disciples just as much as they did the mixed crowd. “Disciples” (GK 3412) here refers to the total…

This is a harsh saying. On the contrary, it was in their hearts, and not in the saying, that the harshness lay. But out …

Many therefore of his disciples
Not of the twelve, nor of the seventy, but of the multitude of the disciples, who fo…

The human nature of Christ had not previously been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from hea…

1. Previously, our Lord checked the grumbling of the Jews over the origin of this spiritual food; here, he stops their dispute over the eati…