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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220You do not want to leave too, do you?&#8221 Jesus asked the Twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, "You are not wishing to go away also?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve, &#8220You do not want to go away also, do you?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve [disciples], “You do not want to leave too, do you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, &#8220You don&#8217t want to go away too, do you?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they also were going to leave him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So Jesus asked the twelve apostles, "Do you want to leave me too?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So he asked the twelve disciples, "And you--would you also like to leave?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jesus asked the Twelve, "You don't want to leave, too, do you?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus asked the Twelve, ?Do you want to leave too??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus said to the twelve, "You don't want to go away too, do you?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You do not also want to go away, do you?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus, therefore, said to the Twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, "You are not wishing to go away also?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, 'Do ye also wish to go away?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then said Jesus to the twelve, And ye will not go away?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 6:68>Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus said to his twelve, Why, do you also want to go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And Yeshua said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to leave?”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the twelve, <FR>Do you also wish to go away?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />upon which Jesus said to the twelve, will not ye likewise go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, <FR>"Do ye also wish to go away?"<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus therefore said to the twelve, <FR>Have ye also a mind to go away?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/6-67.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2248" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Peter's Confession of Faith</a></span><br><span class="reftext">66</span>From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. <span class="reftext">67</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">asked</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1427.htm" title="1427: dōdeka (Adj-DMP) -- Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.">Twelve,</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: Mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">“Do you</a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: thelete (V-PIA-2P) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">want</a> <a href="/greek/5217.htm" title="5217: hypagein (V-PNA) -- To go away, depart, begone, die. From hupo and ago; to lead under, i.e. Withdraw or retire, literally or figuratively.">to leave</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">too?” </a> </span> <span class="reftext">68</span>Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-15.htm">Matthew 16:15</a></span><br />“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-20.htm">Luke 9:20</a></span><br />“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-29.htm">Mark 8:29</a></span><br />“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-68.htm">John 6:68-69</a></span><br />Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. / We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a></span><br />You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a></span><br />I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19</a></span><br />If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12</a></span><br />While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-9.htm">John 18:9</a></span><br />This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-19.htm">1 John 2:19</a></span><br />They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-2.htm">Matthew 10:2-4</a></span><br />These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; / Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; / Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-2.htm">Acts 1:2</a></span><br />until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-24.htm">Acts 1:24-25</a></span><br />And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen / to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">2 Timothy 4:10</a></span><br />because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will you also go away?</p><p class="hdg">Will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15-22</a></b></br> And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that <i>were</i> on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Ruth 1:11-18</a></b></br> And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? <i>are</i> there yet <i>any more</i> sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">2 Samuel 15:19,20</a></b></br> Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou <i>art</i> a stranger, and also an exile… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-22.htm">Appealed</a> <a href="/john/6-44.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/john/6-64.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/2-4.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/john/6-13.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/john/5-6.htm">Want</a> <a href="/john/5-6.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/16-39.htm">Appealed</a> <a href="/john/7-4.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/7-3.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Twelve</a> <a href="/john/7-19.htm">Want</a> <a href="/john/9-27.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">66. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">68. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">70. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So Jesus asked the Twelve,</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct address to the Twelve Apostles, the core group of Jesus' disciples. The context is after many of Jesus' followers had turned away due to His difficult teachings (<a href="/john/6-60.htm">John 6:60-66</a>). The Twelve were chosen by Jesus to be His closest companions and witnesses to His ministry (<a href="/mark/3-14.htm">Mark 3:14-19</a>). This moment is significant as it tests their commitment. The number twelve is symbolic, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, indicating a new spiritual leadership for God's people.<p><b>“Do you want to leave too?”</b><br>This question is both a challenge and an invitation for the Twelve to examine their faith and commitment. It reflects Jesus' respect for human free will, allowing His disciples to choose to stay or leave. The question is set against the backdrop of widespread desertion, highlighting the cost of true discipleship. It echoes the covenantal choice presented to Israel in <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a>, where the people were asked to choose whom they would serve. This moment foreshadows the testing of faith that all believers may face, emphasizing the necessity of personal conviction in following Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who is teaching His disciples and challenging their faith and commitment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_twelve.htm">The Twelve</a></b><br>Refers to the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus, representing His closest followers and the foundation of the early Church.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a></b><br>The location where much of Jesus' ministry took place, including the discourse on the Bread of Life, which precedes this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bread_of_life_discourse.htm">The Bread of Life Discourse</a></b><br>A significant teaching of Jesus where He declares Himself to be the Bread of Life, leading to confusion and desertion among many followers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desertion_of_disciples.htm">Desertion of Disciples</a></b><br>Prior to this verse, many of Jesus' followers abandon Him due to the challenging nature of His teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_christ.htm">Commitment to Christ</a></b><br>Jesus' question to the Twelve is a call to evaluate their commitment. True discipleship requires a decision to follow Christ, even when His teachings are difficult to understand or accept.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_challenging_times.htm">Faith in Challenging Times</a></b><br>The context of this verse highlights the importance of faith during times of confusion or doubt. Believers are encouraged to trust in Jesus' words and character, even when others turn away.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Following Jesus may lead to moments of decision where one must choose between the comfort of the familiar and the challenge of the unknown. This verse invites believers to consider the cost and rewards of true discipleship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_and_decision.htm">Personal Reflection and Decision</a></b><br>Each believer must personally respond to Jesus' question. This involves a heart-check to determine if one is truly committed to following Him, regardless of circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>The role of the Twelve as a community of believers underscores the importance of fellowship and support in maintaining faith and commitment to Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_functional_equivalence_translation.htm">Why did Jesus select Judas Iscariot as a disciple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_motivated_judas_to_betray_jesus.htm">What motivated Judas to betray Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_sea_of_galilee_story's_meaning.htm">What is the significance of the Sea of Galilee story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_jesus'_closest_disciples.htm">Who were Jesus' closest disciples?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(67) <span class= "bld">Will ye also go away?</span>--We have to think of the disciples grouped round Him, the Twelve--now a distinct body, and so well known that St. John names them for the first time without a note--being nearer to Him than the rest, and of these the first four (see Note on <a href="/matthew/10-2.htm" title="Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;">Matthew 10:2</a>) the nearest. Many go away from Him. Men He had taught, borne with in all their weakness and darkness, watched as some light seemed to dawn upon them, hoped for, prayed for, lived for, and would die for, turn back. Yes; that heart, too, can feel the bitterness of disappointment. He looks at the Twelve close to Him, and says to them, <span class= "ital">Ye also do not wish to go away?</span> The question expects the answer it receives. There He has hope still.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 67-71.</span> - <p><span class="note_emph">(b)</span> <span class="accented">The loyalty of the twelve, with a note of prophetic warning</span>. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 67.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Jesus therefore said unto the twelve</span>. He spake to them because of the wide defection from his ranks. "The twelve" have never been mentioned before in the Gospel, but this passing reference reveals acquaintance with the fact on the part of the evangelist. He assumes the historic number as perfectly explicable to his readers. The reference to the <span class="accented">twelve</span> baskets in ver. 13 almost presupposes that there were the same number of disciples, and this pathetic appeal is in harmony with the synoptic account of their "call." <span class="cmt_word">Would ye also go away?</span> <span class="greek">Μὴ θέκλετε</span> suggests a negative answer, "Ye cannot wish, can you?" (Meyer). Godet says, on the contrary, "If you wish, you can!" Westcott, "The form of the question implies that such desertion is incredible, and yet to be feared" (cf. <a href="/john/7-47.htm">John 7:47, 52</a>; <a href="/john/18-17.htm">John 18:17, 25</a>). The question is far from identical with that query which once more the Lord put to the twelve, after many subsequent months of varied activity and critical discourse, which showed how Jesus had at length broken with the narrow literalism of Judaic privilege, On that occasion he was summing up the varied convictions produced upon the Galilaean multitudes, and he asked, "But whom say ye that I am?" Here he is simply suggesting the possibility, but yet the incredibility, of his desertion by the twelve apostles, merely because he had affirmed the spiritual aims of his entire mission, and had made an unreserved offer of his Divine humanity to their need. The pathos of this inquiry shows how serious a crisis was being enacted. It has reference in its issues rather to himself than to the twelve. The critical school see in this verse the Johannine treatment of the great apostolic confession, and Weiss here agrees with it. Even Godet thinks that two such questions with their answers, under comparatively similar conditions, are improbable. He suggests that the <span class="greek">ἐκ τούτου</span> (ver. 66) points to a great scattering, and that months may have elapsed before the scene which John here condenses. It is more likely that John omits the later scene, and prefers to give this, which stands closely related with the immediate circumstances (cf. also <a href="/luke/9.htm">Luke 9</a>.). The context and surrounding of the scene in <a href="/matthew/16-13.htm">Matthew 16:13-17</a> and <a href="/mark/8-27.htm">Mark 8:27-29</a> appear to differ in place, occasion, query, and answer, and in the corresponding teaching that followed. The question was "the anticipation of Gethsemane" (Edersheim). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/6-67.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asked</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶπεν</span> <span class="translit">(eipen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(tois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Twelve,</span><br /><span class="grk">δώδεκα</span> <span class="translit">(dōdeka)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1427.htm">Strong's 1427: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to. From duo and deka; two and ten, i.e. A dozen.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Do you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="translit">(hymeis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">want</span><br /><span class="grk">θέλετε</span> <span class="translit">(thelete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> </span><span class="str2">To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to leave</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπάγειν</span> <span class="translit">(hypagein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5217.htm">Strong's 5217: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go away, depart, begone, die. From hupo and ago; to lead under, i.e. Withdraw or retire, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">too?”</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/john/6-67.htm">John 6:67 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/john/6-67.htm">NT Gospels: John 6:67 Jesus said therefore to the twelve You (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/6-66.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 6:66"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 6:66" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/6-68.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 6:68"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 6:68" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>