“The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' — the Jews' dispute (machesthai) takes scandal at the literal consumption of flesh. The language intentionally evokes cannibalism to emphasize the offense.
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