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Blasphemous or Divine?

John 6:41-45

At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They said, ‘Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I came down from heaven”?’ ‘Stop grumbling among yourselves,’ Jesus answered. ‘No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: “They will all be taught by God.” Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. (NIVUK)

Although many people think that Jesus is just a good teacher or wise prophet, His own words do not allow that conclusion to be drawn. The crowd listening to Him thought His words were almost blasphemous - to claim to have come down from heaven (John 6:38). The people in Capernaum knew Jesus of Nazareth; they also knew Mary and Joseph and Jesus’ half siblings (Mark 6:3). To them, He was a carpenter's son, so how could He claim to have come from heaven?