John 6 · Verse 62

John 6:62

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
John 6:62, King James Version

John 6:62 in other translations

BSBThen what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
WEBThen what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
ASVWhat then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?
YLTif then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?
DARBYIf then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?
BBEWhat then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
WebsterWhat if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

What does John 6:62 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:60-65

60-65. Many ... of his disciples--His pretty constant followers, though an outer circle of them. hard saying--not merely harsh, but insufferable, as the word often means in the Old Testament. who can hear--submit to listen to it.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 62. What and if, &c. Jesus does not say that those who were then present would see him ascend, but he implies that he would ascend. They had taken offence because he said he came down from heaven. Instead of explaining that away, he proceeds to state another doctrine quite as offensive to them--that he would reascend to heaven. The apostles only were present at his ascension, Acts 1:9. As Jesus was to ascend to heaven, it was clear that he could not have intended literally that they should eat his flesh.

(w) "ascend" Jn 3:13, Mk 16:19, Eph 4:8-10

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 62 If ye shall see the Son of man ascend - Ye need not be stumbled at what I say concerning eating my flesh and drinking my blood, for ye shall soon have the fullest proof that this is figuratively spoken, for I shall ascend with the same body with which I shall arise from the dead; therefore my flesh and blood, far from being eaten by men, shall not even be found among them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 6:60-65

The human nature of Christ had not before been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from heaven. The Messiah's kingdom was not of this world; and they were to understand by faith, what he had said of a spiritual living upon him, and his fulness. As without the soul of man the flesh is of no value, so without the quickening Spirit of God all forms of religion are…

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John 6:62 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐὰνeanWhat ifG1437
οὖνounthenG3767
θεωρῆτεtheōrēteyou shall seeG2334
τὸνtontheG3588
υἱὸνhuionSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof ManG444
ἀναβαίνονταanabainontaascendingG305
ὅπουhopouwhereG3699
ἦνēnHe wasG1510
τὸto<the>G3588
πρότερον;proteronbefore?G4387

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 6:62

  • John 3:13

    And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

  • Mark 16:19

    So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

  • Ephesians 4:8-10

    Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

  • Luke 24:51

    And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

  • John 16:28

    I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

  • John 17:4-5

    I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  • Acts 1:9

    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

  • 1 Peter 3:22

    Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • John 17:11

    And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

  • John 6:27

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:13; 16:28; 17:4,5,11; Mr 16:19; Lu 24:51; Ac 1:9; Eph 4:8-10
1Pe 3:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 6:61

    When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

  • John 6:62

    What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

  • John 6:63

    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

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John 6:62 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Pues qué, si viereis al Hijo del hombre que sube donde estaba primero?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si donc vous voyez le fils de l’homme monter où il était auparavant…?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ihr nun den Sohn des Menschen dahin auffahren sehet, wo er zuvor war?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sciens autem Jesus apud semetipsum quia murmurarent de hoc discipuli ejus, dixit eis: Hoc vos scandalizat?