John 6:60

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
John 6:60
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπαν· σκληρός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;

  1. πολλοὶpolloi“Many”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from πολύς · “much” · Strong's G4183
  2. οὖνoun“therefore”
    Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
  3. ἀκούσαντεςakousantes“having heard”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
  4. ἐκek“of”
    Preposition · “out from” · Strong's G1537
  5. τῶνtōn“the”
    Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. μαθητῶνmathētōn“disciples”
    Noun, genitive, plural, masculine · from μαθητής · “disciple” · Strong's G3101
  7. αὐτοῦautou“of Him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  8. εἶπαν·eipan“said;”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
  9. σκληρόςsklēros“Difficult”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “hard” · Strong's G4642
  10. ἐστινestin“is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  11. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. λόγοςlogos“word”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “word” · Strong's G3056
  13. οὗτος·houtos“this;”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  14. τίςtis“who”
    Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
  15. δύναταιdunatai“is able”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from δύναμαι · “be able” · Strong's G1410
  16. αὐτοῦautou“it”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  17. ἀκούειν;akouein“to hear?”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)