On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”John 6:60
Original language and places
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;
- πολλοὶpolloi“Many”Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from πολύς · “much” · Strong's G4183
- οὖνoun“therefore”Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
- ἀκούσαντεςakousantes“having heard”Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
- ἐκek“of”Preposition · “out from” · Strong's G1537
- τῶνtōn“the”Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- μαθητῶνmathētōn“disciples”Noun, genitive, plural, masculine · from μαθητής · “disciple” · Strong's G3101
- αὐτοῦautou“of Him”Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- εἶπαν·eipan“said;”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
- σκληρόςsklēros“Difficult”Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “hard” · Strong's G4642
- ἐστινestin“is”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- ὁho“<the>”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- λόγοςlogos“word”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “word” · Strong's G3056
- οὗτος·houtos“this;”Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- τίςtis“who”Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
- δύναταιdunatai“is able”Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from δύναμαι · “be able” · Strong's G1410
- αὐτοῦautou“it”Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- 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)