This is the second time a group of people have murmured against Jesus and what He has said; the first murmurers were His opponents, the Jews in 6:41; but now they are His disciples — his own followers.

“offend” = skandalizo = the derivative of the English word “scandalize,” but means “to offend.” It comes from the root word skandalon (from which we get the word “scandal”) which was the movable stick which triggered a trap when an animal or bird touched it. The verb then means to cause to be caught in a difficulty or to cause to stumble.