John 6:62 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:62

Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

KJV

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

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Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 4 (444)

Doth this offend you? what and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before? From utter ignorance, certain of those who were being taught by Christ the Saviour, were offended at His words.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend where he was before? - How much more incredible will it then appear to you, that he should give you his flesh to eat?

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If ye shall see the Son of man ascend - Ye need not be stumbled at what I say concerning eating my flesh and drinking my blood, for ye shall soon have the fullest proof that this is figuratively spoken, for I shall ascend with the same body with which I shall arise from the dead; therefore my flesh and blood, far from being eaten by men, shall not even be found among them.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

We learn from these verses that some of Christ's sayings seem hard to flesh and blood. We are told that "many" who had followed our Lord for a season, were offended when He spoke of "eating his flesh and drinking his blood." They murmured and said, "This is an hard saying; who can accept it?" Murmurs and complaints of this kind are very common. It must never surprise us to hear them. They have been, they are, they will be as long as the world stands. To some Christ's sayings appear hard to understand.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	What if	G1437 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
θεωρῆτε	theōrēte	you shall see	G2334 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
ἀναβαίνοντα	anabainonta	ascending	G305 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ἦν	ēn	He was	G1510 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
πρότερον;	proteron	before?	G4387 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:4
  Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth?…
- Acts 2:34
  For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- John 6:38
  For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 1:18
  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- 1 Corinthians 15:47
  The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Through
Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…