Juan 6:60

Not only "the Jews" (John 6:52) but many of Jesus’ followers found His teaching about the Bread of Life offensive (Gr. skleros, difficult or hard). The term "disciple" is not synonymous with "believer," as should be patently clear in the Gospels. In John 6:64 Jesus said that some of these "disciples" did not believe. Some of Jesus’ disciples were believers, but many of them were following Him to learn from Him and to decide if He was the Messiah or not. This teaching persuaded many in this seeker category to abandon this Rabbi. Some of them undoubtedly wanted the physical benefits of Jesus’ messianism but had little interest in spiritual matters (cf. John 6:14-15; John 6:26; John 6:30-31). Others could not see beyond Jesus’ humanity to His true identity (John 6:41-46). Others probably could not accept Jesus’ claim to be greater than Moses (John 6:32-33; John 6:58). Still others may have found Jesus’ language offensive, particularly His references to eating flesh and drinking blood (John 6:53-54).