John 6:60

Verse 60. Many of his disciples. The word disciple means learner. It was applied to the followers of Christ because they were taught by him. It does not imply, of necessity, that those to whom it was given were real Christians, but simply that they were under his teaching, and were professed learners in his school. See Mt 17:16"; Mr 2:18; Joh 9:28; Mt 10:24. It is doubtless used in this sense here. It is, however, often applied to those who are real Christians. This is an hard saying. The word hard here means offensive, disagreeable --that which they could not bear. Some have understood it to mean "difficult to be understood," but this meaning does not suit the connection.