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John 6:60

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60Thus many of his disciples, when they* heard it,* said, “This saying is hard! Who can understand it?”

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?