What Does John 6:43 Mean in the King James?
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The murmuring Jesus names is complaint passed between people until it becomes a shared voice.
THE MEANING
Jesus addresses the moment complaint moves among people: this is not one person’s silent confusion but a shared muttering. The verse shows how repeated complaint can become a group’s common voice.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a complaint stays private when it is shared only within one’s own circle; the circle itself is where the murmuring circulates.
THE ROOT
γογγύζετε
gongýzete
GROWS FROM
γογγυζ-
Mutter or grumble in a low, subdued way.
The Greek verb γογγύζετε (gongýzete, “murmur”) belongs to the γογγυζ-/γογγυσ- (gongyz-/gongys-) word family for muttering and grumbling. Its related words name both the murmuring itself and the person who murmurs, revealing complaint as speech that can circulate and mark a group.
ALSO GROWS
gongysmos: Murmuring, grumbling
γογγυσμός
This related noun names the complaint as an utterance; it belongs to the same word family, with a ζ/σ stem variation.
gongystēs: Murmurer, grumbler
γογγυστής
This related noun names a person by the murmuring; its γογγυσ- form belongs to the same consonantal family.
THE PATTERN
When discontent is voiced and repeated, it becomes a communal speech pattern rather than a private feeling.
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?Do all things without murmurings and disputings:These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.THE THREAD
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.The same Greek verb appears here and in the next verse: the murmuring rises in response to Jesus’ words about bread from heaven, then he addresses it as speech shared among them. The repeated root links the complaint itself to the way it circulates.
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