They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
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… What were they saying? is not this Jesus the son of Joseph whose father and mother we know how does he now say I come down out of heaven you get the point these are people perhaps from Nazareth we saw that little fella as he was raised in the carpenter shop took his tools out to add on to this little home and build this lovely cabinet we remember the day his father passed on He took up the leadership of the home. He provided for the needs. Remember that young carpenter? Handsome young man of Nazareth. Now he says he's the bread of God from heaven. Edersheim helps us understand some of their query because at that time there was more than one claiming to be Messiah. Jesus of Nazareth? The son of a teenage Jewish maiden? and a fellow named Joseph? Not technically a son of Joseph, but they didn't know that. He was technically a son of the Holy Spirit, wasn't he? The virgin birth process that they were unaware of, but they looked at him as a peer of theirs and said, now wait, wait a minute. …
… the bread that came down out of heaven. And they were saying, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know, how does He now say, I have come down out of heaven? Jesus answered and said to them, Do not grumble among yourselves." They were grumbling about His claims, and they were grumbling about His description of His sacrifice. What you can say is they were fascinated by the supernatural person of Jesus. They were not interested in His words, the words that express who He was and why He came. It was the statement, it was the message that they couldn't tolerate. Sure, people gladly welcome someone who's going to show them compassion, kindness, mercy, healing, restoration, but that's all superficial. The question is, will you accept His words? Will you accept what He said about Himself and His ministry and everything else? Over in the eighth chapter of John, verse 30, as He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him. …
… no means cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day." The Jews then complained about him because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. They said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, I have come down from heaven? Jesus therefore had answered and said to them, Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. …