In the latter half of John 6, we read about hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of people listen to Jesus speak, listen attentively with all the extra information of his hand gestures and intonation, and determine that what he is saying is too extreme for them to bear. So they leave.

Not just the crowd (who leaves first), but also the disciples (who had given up their entire lives to follow Jesus). They didn't leave because of a 'bad metaphor'. They knew exactly what Jesus meant - and they were unable to believe it.

Yet we have people today, 2000 years later, saying that John 6 is a metaphor. Why do people who do not have the benefit of being there live, think they understand it better than every single person that was there?

And why would his disciples leave for a bad metaphor?

Only the apostles stayed - and even they were freaked out.

It's not a metaphor.

In the latter half of John 6, we read about hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of people listen to Jesus speak, listen attentively with all the extra information of his hand gestures and intonation, and determine that what he is saying is too extreme for them to bear. So they leave.

Not just the crowd (who leaves first), but also the disciples (who had given up their entire lives to follow Jesus). They didn't leave because of a 'bad metaphor'. They knew exactly what Jesus meant - and they were unable to believe it.

Yet we have people today, 2000 years later, saying that John 6 is a metaphor. Why do people who do not have the benefit of being there live, think they understand it better than every single person who was there?

And why would his disciples leave for a bad metaphor?

Only the apostles stayed - and even they were freaked out.

It's not a metaphor.

In the latter half of John 6, we read about hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of people listen to Jesus speak, listen attentively with all the extra information of his hand gestures and intonation, and determine that what he is saying is too extreme for them to bear. So they leave.

Not just the crowd (who leaves first), but also the disciples (who had given up their entire lives to follow Jesus). They didn't leave because of a 'bad metaphor'. They knew exactly what Jesus meant - and they were unable to believe it.

Yet we have people today, 2000 years later, saying that John 6 is a metaphor. Why do people who do not have the benefit of being there live, think they understand it better than those who were there?

And why would his disciples leave for a bad metaphor?

Only the apostles stayed - and even they were freaked out.

It's not a metaphor.