Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Identification of the Multitudes
Text: John 6:60-61
IDENTIFICATION OF THE MULTITUDES
John attempted to identify the multitudes who came to Jesus. The following groups may be discerned:
1. The Jews
a) They were the “leaders”.
b) Some were chief priests.
c) Some were scribes.
2. Disciples
a) Some even saw themselves as “disciples”.
b) This may be used as a general term to describe anyone who is interested in learning from Jesus.
THE REACTION OF THE SO-CALLED DISCIPLES
John noted the reaction of some of these so-called disciples as they listened to Jesus.
“Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard
this, said, ‘This is a hard saying; who can understand it?’
When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained
about this, He said to them, ‘Does this offend you?’”John 6:60-61
1. “Many of His disciples”
a) Perhaps some of these were among “The Jews”.
b) Or they had been affected by The Jews.
c) They were showing signs of rejecting what Jesus had taught.
d) But they tried to put the blame on Jesus.
e) Two things were highlighted:
i) What Jesus taught were “hard things”.
ii) They were difficult to understand.
iii) What they were doing was to politely reject what Jesus taught.
iv) They had no faith or life in them.
v) They were refusing to accept what Jesus taught.
2. Jesus knew what they were thinking
a) He knew that they were offended and they had stumbled over this teaching.
b) He knew exactly what their complaining meant. They were rejecting all that Jesus had taught!
经文: 约翰福音6：60-61
识别众人
约翰试图识别寻求耶稣的众人。我们可以把这些人辨别为以下群组：
1.犹太人
a) 他们是“领导者”
b) 有些人是祭司长
c) 有些人是文士
2.门徒
a) 有些人认为自己是耶稣的“门徒”
b) 但这词一般上用来形容任何有兴趣向耶稣学习的人
这些所谓门徒的反应
约翰注意到一些所谓门徒在听耶稣后的反应。
“他的门徒中有好些人听见了，就说：‘这话甚难，谁能听呢？’耶稣心里知道门徒为这话议论，就对他们说：‘这话叫你们厌弃吗？’”
《约翰福音6：60-61》