John 6:52

52. Jews… strove among themselves The contest is expressed in Greek by a word that signifies fought. One section (probably the low Nazarene party of John 6:42) would give a base, cannibal sense to his words; others (like the respectful speakers in John 6:34) might hold that the great feeder of the five thousand has some mysterious meaning in his words; others still (embracing perhaps some like his doubtful disciples of John 6:60) held that he meant, by eating his flesh, only faith in his supernatural person.