From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
From that time, [ ek (G1537) toutou (G5127)] - or 'In consequence of this.'
Many of his disciples went back. Those last words of our Lord seem to have given them the finishing stroke-they could stand it no longer. And walked no more with him. Many a journey, it may be, they had taken with Him, but now they gave Him finally up!
Verse 66. _MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK_] They no longer associated with him, nor professed to acknowledge him as the Messiah. None of these were of the _twelve_. Christ had many others who general...
MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES - Many who had followed him professedly as his disciples and as desirous of learning of him. See the notes at John 6:60. WENT BACK - Turned away from him and left him. From this...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK. They were of the unbelieving. Their faith was not strong enough to accept the great doctrine of eating his flesh....
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
After this many of his disciples turned back and would not walk with him any more. Jesus said to the Twelve: "Surely you too do not want to go away?" Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, to whom are we to...
THAT TIME. this cause. It is the same cause to this day. back. Greek. _eis ta opiso._ WALKED. walked about. NO MORE. Compound of _ou._ App-105....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_From that time_ This may be the meaning, but more probably it means _in consequence of that_. HEREUPON has somewhat of the ambiguity of the Greek, combining the notions of time and result. The Greek...
ἘΚ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ. Combines the notions of ‘from that time’ and ‘in consequence of that;’ UPON THIS: we are to understand a _continual_ drifting away. The phrase occurs in N.T. here and John 19:12 only. ἈΠΗ͂Λ...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE DISCOURSE...
par Ver 60. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61. When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them,...
_SOME GO AWAY FROM JESUS -- JOHN 6:66-71:_ Jesus knew that some would not believe. He even knew about Judas. All who hear of Jesus have the opportunity to believe. Sadly, some rejected Jesus. "From th...
ΈΚ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ (G3778) Либо "по этой причине" либо "с этого момента" (Barrett), ΆΠΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ John 6:1. ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ John 6:19....
FROM THAT TIME MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES, &C.— This sermon was in all its different branches so offensive to the Jews, that many of them who till now had been our Lord's disciples, finding by the general...
THE TWELVE THEIR FINEST HOUR _Text 6:66-71_ 66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away? 68 Simon P...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:60-71 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: It is indeed pathetic to find that here in Galilee Christ met with no...
56 Just as Nicodemus failed to see the figure when our Lord spoke to him about the new birth, so now His followers fail to understand when He speaks of feeding on His flesh and blood. There is a subtl...
EFFECTS OF THE DISCOURSE. Many disciples forsake Jesus, but the Twelve stand firm, and their faith is strengthened....
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from Jerusal...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
FROM THAT TIME. — The addition of the word “time” has given a definite and questionable meaning to the Greek, which is indefinite. “From that” probably means on that account, because of the words He h...
CHAPTER 15 THE CRISIS IN GALILEE. “Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? But Jesus knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured at thi...
_The crisis in Galilee_....
ἐκ τούτου, “on this”; neither exclusively “from this time” ἔκτοτε (Euthymius), “from this moment onwards” (Lücke), nor exclusively “on this account,” but a combination of both. _Cf._ John 19:12. Here...
THE SIFTING OF JESUS' FOLLOWERS John 6:60-71 The teaching of this chapter involves a deliberate act of Christ to arrest the revolutionary movement that was gathering around His person and making Him...
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to...
(15) From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. (15) Such is the malice of men, that they bring about their own destruction, even in hearing the very doctrine of s...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
VER. 66. “ _From that moment many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him._ ” In the picture which the Synoptics have drawn for us of the Galilean ministry, particularly in that of St....
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 66-71. 1. The design of the discourse of this sixth chapter, so far as the apostles were concerned, was undoubtedly to strengthen their faith by calling t...
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him (67) Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? (68) Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? t...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
66._From that time many of his disciples went back. _The Evangelist now relates what trouble was the consequence of that sermon. It is a dreadful and monstrous thing, that so kind and gracious an invi...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
FROM THAT [TIME] MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK,.... Not any of the twelve apostles, for they are distinguished from these in the next verse; nor any of the seventy disciples, for their names were wr...
From that _time_ many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Ver. 66. _Many of his disciples_] They stumbled at the word and fell backward. This is reckoned by St Peter a note of a...
_From that time many of his disciples went back_ This discourse of our Lord was, in all its different branches, so offensive to many, who till now had followed him, and professed to be his disciples,...
FROM THAT TIME MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK, AND WALKED NO MORE WITH HIM....
The loyalty of the Twelve:...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, available...
66-71 When we admit into our minds hard thoughts of the words and works of Jesus, we enter into temptation, which, if the Lord in mercy prevent not, will end in drawing back. The corrupt and wicked h...
His disciples at large, so called because they followed him, partly to hear what he would say, partly to see his miracles, followed him no more. Many professors and seeming disciples of Christ may dra...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Let the chaff of a fickle faith fly off as much as it will at every blast of temptation, all the purer will be that heap of corn which shall be laid up in...
John 6:66 From G1537 that G5127 many G4183 His G846 disciples G3101 went G565 (G5627) back G1519...
THE DISCIPLES MUST NOW FACE UP TO WHO HE IS (JOHN 6:60). The discourse began with the challenge to the crowds. It then moved on to the challenge to the Judaisers. Now it becomes a challenge to the di...
‘On this many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.' Disillusioned by His words many of the disciples who were following Him about ‘drew back and no longer went about with him'. This...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
John 6:66. UPON THIS MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BECK, AND WALKED NO LONGER WITH HIM. Another sad reflection, as in John 6:64: the Evangelist cannot but record the repelling influence which the light e...
UPON THIS (εκ τουτου). Same idiom in John 19:12. "Out of this saying or circumstance." Jesus drew the line of cleavage between the true and the false believers.WENT BACK (απηλθον εις τα οπισω). Ao...
John 6:66 Forsaken ideal This sorrowful appeal from the less noble but natural feelings of the twelve to their very highest and most spiritual thoughts was not in this case in vain. The appeal "Will...
John 6:66 The First Confession In connection with this narrative many practical lessons suggest themselves. I select only the following: I. We are reminded by this history of the fluctuating charac...
John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him,_ That is, at our blessed Lord: «The Jews then murmured at him,» John 6:41. Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heavens. And they said, Is...
We shall read tonight part of that blessed sixth chapter of John's Gospel, beginning at the forty-first verse. John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came do...
John 6:41. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it t...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
John 6:2. _A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles._ But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick. Ch...
MANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS TURNED BACK. They were offended by the things which he said [in this chapter]. It costs you something to follow Jesus. Not all are willing to pay the price. God lets us choose!...
_From that time many of His disciples went back._ Those who are mentioned in regard to I. THE CHARACTER THEY ASSUMED. Disciples. This term was first used to designate the Apostles; then it was appli...
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
VER. 59. _This is the bread_, &c. He intimates the same thing which I have said at the end of the foregoing verse. For Christ came down from heaven not as man, but as God. Wherefore he who eateth Him...
_And said,_ &c. _, except it be given him,_ &c, i.e., _except My Father draw him_, as He said in verse 44. Graciously does Christ not attribute the unbelief of the Jews to their fault, but excuses the...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:69. AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT THOU ART THE HOLY ONE OF GOD.—This is the reading of all the great MSS. א, B, C, D, L, and is adopted by Tischendorf, Trege...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
1 John 2:19; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Timothy 1:15; 2 Timothy 4:10; Hebre
From that time [ε κ τ ο υ τ ο υ]. Render, as Rev., upon this. As a result proceeding out of [ε κ] this. Compare John 19:12. Went back [α π η λ θ ο ν ε ι ς τ α ο π ι σ ω]. The Greek expresses more tha...
From this time many of his disciples went back — So our Lord now began to purge his floor: the proud and careless were driven away, and those remained who were meet for the Master's use....