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John 6:69
And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
JOHN 6:69 o` a[gioj tou/ qeou/ {A} The reading adopted for the text, decisively supported by î75 a B C* D L W _al,_ was expanded in various ways by copyists, perhaps in imitation of expressions in...
Verse 69. _WE BELIEVE_] On the authority of thy word; _and are_ _sure-have known_, εγνωκαμεν, by the evidence of thy miracles, _that_ _thou art the Christ_, the promised Messiah. [-Anglo-Saxon-] _And...
WE ARE SURE ... - See a similar confession of Peter in Matthew 16:16, and the notes at that place. Peter says we are sure, in the name of the whole of the apostles. Jesus immediately cautions him, as...
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...
WE BELIEVE.. THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST. It is worthy of remark that the same confession made at Cesarea Philippi is here made by Peter....
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...
BELIEVE. have believed. App-150. ARE SURE. have got to know. Greek. _ginosko_ See App-132. See note on John 1:10. THAT CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. THE SON OF... GOD. Thus, the second portion of the...
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...
_we believe_ Rather, _we_ HAVE BELIEVED: the perfect tense implies that the faith and knowledge which they possess have been theirs for some time past. -Are sure" means literally - _have come to know_...
Ὁ ἍΓΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ for ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος (from Matthew 16:16), with אBC1DL against the mass of later MSS. A and T are defective. 69. ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ. Emphatic; WE (in contrast to the deserte...
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...
ΠΕΠΙΣΤΕΎΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Perf._ подразумевает: "мы пришли к вере и продолжили в ней пребывать" (Morris), ΈΓΝΏΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. _Perf...
DISCOURSE: 1643 CHRIST THE ONE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE John 6:67. _Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words...
THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THE TWELVE, &C.— On occasion of this great apostacyamong the disciples, our Lord, for the trial of the faithof the twelve apostles, and to give them a proper opportunity of profes...
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...
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE, [ heemeis (G2249) pepisteukamen (G4100) kai (G2532) egnookamen ...
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...
THAT.. CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD] RV 'the Holy One of God,' which emphasises Christ's sinlessness. Not till later does St. Peter confess that He is the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:16)....
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...
AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE. — Better, _We have believed and are sure._ (Comp. John 1:41.) Go away? The faith which first burned in their hearts has passed into the calm certainty of settled knowledge...
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_....
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...
_Simon Peter, the chief or head of them, said in the name of the rest: Lord, to whom shall we go? It is only from thee that we hope for salvation. Thou hast the words of eternal life: we have believed...
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...
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...
“ _Jesus said therefore unto the Twelve: And you, you will not also go away?_ 68. _Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of eternal life;_ 69 _and as for us, we have bel...
VER. 69. The pronoun ἡμεῖς, _we_, sets the apostles in marked contrast with the disciples who had just deserted Jesus. The verbs in the perfect tense _have believed, known_, indicate things gained for...
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...
69._And we have believed and known. _The verbs are in the past tense, but they may be changed into the present tense, _we believe and know_, but it makes little difference in the meaning. In these wor...
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...
AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE,.... Or know of a certainty: they believed upon the first call of them by Christ, and their following of him, that he was the true Messiah; and they came to an assurance of...
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. Ver. 69. _We believe and have known_] In matters of divinity we must first believe, and then know; not know, and then...
_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,...
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...
WE BELIEVE (saith Peter) _and are sure, _ both from what we have heard from time, and from the miracles which we have seen wrought by thee, THAT THOU ART THAT CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. The ve...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III and in His name shall the Gentiles trust."[140]...
John 6:69 Also G2532 we G2249 believe G4100 (G5758) and G2532 know G1097 (G5758) that G3754 You...
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...
‘Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God”.' Peter's reply was forthright, typic...
John 6:68-69. SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM. In accordance with the earlier records Peter stands forth as the spokesman of the Twelve, and in answer to the question of Jesus makes a confession of their fai...
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...
WE HAVE BELIEVED (ημεις πεπιστευκαμεν). Perfect active indicative of πιστευω, "We have come to believe and still believe" (verse John 6:29).AND KNOW (κα εγνωκαμεν). Same tense of γινωσκω, "We hav...
WE BELIEVE Or, we have believed and come to understand that thou art the Holy One of God....
John 6:67 The Danger of Relapse I. Experience has so often proved that men have not laid fast hold on the grace which they had received, that we may well conceive our Lord to say to each successive c...
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...
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...
LORD, TO WHOM WOULD WE GO? No one else could give eternal life. Peter understood this. Eternal life is worth paying any price to follow Jesus! YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE FROM GOD. Peter's declaration here i...
_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...
_Will ye also go away?_ … To whom should we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life HUMAN DESTINY AND ITS ATTAINMENT THROUGH CHRIST I. GOD HAS SET BEFORE US A DESTINY. “Eternal life.” 1. The idea...
_We believe and are sure that Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God_ THE CHRIST OF GOD Faith without knowledge is mere fancy. For the want of knowledge the faith of the ancient Jews gave w...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:69 Peter’s confession of Jesus as THE HOLY ONE OF GOD prepares the reader for later references to Jesus being set apart for service to God (John 10:36;...
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....
_Simon Peter therefore answered_, &c. _Peter_, as greater in rank (_ordine major_), says S. Cyril, firmer in faith, more loving to Jesus, more fervent in spirit, answered in the name of the rest of th...
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...
_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 5:1; 1 John 5:20; Acts 8:37; John 1:29; John 1:41;...
Are sure [ε γ ν ω κ α μ ε ν]. Literally, have come to know. The order of the words believe and know is reversed in John 17:8; 1 John 4:16. In the case of the first disciples, faith, produced by the ov...
And we — Who have been with thee from the beginning, whatever others do, have known — Are absolutely assured, that thou art the Christ....