Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 6:68
Thou hast the words of eternal life — Thou, and thou alone, speakest the words which show the way to life everlasting.
Thou hast the words of eternal life — Thou, and thou alone, speakest the words which show the way to life everlasting.
Verse 68. _SIMON PETER ANSWERED_] With his usual zeal and readiness, speaking in behalf of the whole, _To whom shall we go_? Where shall we find a more gracious master-a more powerful Redeemer - a mo...
SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM - With characteristic ardor and promptness. Peter was probably one of the oldest of the apostles, and it was his character to be first and most ardent in his professions. TO W...
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...
TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? Christ, apparently sad that these had turned away, asked the twelve whether they would go also. Peter, always prompt, even impetuous, answers: _To whom shall we go?_ The world ma...
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...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
_Then Simon Peter_ Omit -Then." S. Peter, as leader, _primus inter pares_, answers here as elsewhere in the name of the Twelve (see note on Mark 3:17), and answers with characteristic impetuosity. 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...
ΣΊΜΩΝ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ. see on John 1:42. S. Peter, as leader, _primus inter pares_, answers here as elsewhere in the name of the Twelve (see on Mark 3:17), and with characteristic impetuosity. His answer conta...
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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ John 6:26. ΆΠΕΛΕΥΣΌΜΕΘΑ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) уходить; в значении: "к кому мы должны обратиться". Здесь очевидно предполагается "выслушать...
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...
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. THEN SIMON PETER - whose forwardness in this case was noble, and to the wounded spirit of His Lord do...
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...
THEN SIMON PETER ANSWERED. — The look may have been directed to Peter, or here, as elsewhere, his natural character makes him spokesman for the Twelve. And striking is his speech. “Go away? To whom? T...
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...
Simon Peter answered in name of all, Κύριε … ζῶντος. He gives a threefold reason why they remained faithful while others left. (1) πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; “To whom shall we go away?” implying that the...
_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...
Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? He shews them, says St. John Chrysostom, that he stood not in need of them, and so leaves them to their free choice. (Witham) --- Jesus Christ remarkin...
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...
“ _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...
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...
_ABIDING WITH CHRIST_ ‘Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.’ John 6:68 Other teachers may do good or not, but they will do no great harm so...
68._Simon Peter therefore answered him. Peter _replies here in the name of all, as he does on other occasions; because all of them were of the same mind, except that in Judas there was no sincerity. T...
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...
THEN SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM,.... Who was strong in the faith of Christ, and full of zeal for him, and love to him; and who was the mouth of the apostles, and always forward to speak out of the abund...
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. Ver. 68. _Thou hast the words of eternal life._] In going from thee, therefore, we shall go out of God's...
_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,...
THOU HAST THE WORDS; teachest the way of eternal life....
THEN SIMON PETER ANSWERED HIM, LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? THOU HAST THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE....
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...
Peter, who is observed in the whole history of the gospel to have discovered the hottest and quickest spirit, and to have been first in answering questions propounded to the twelve, as MATTHEW 16:16,...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics but because they knew that He was the Word of Life, and was come from God,[29] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII who were always with Him and had se...
John 6:68 But G3767 Simon G4613 Peter G4074 answered G611 (G5662) Him G846 Lord G2962 to G4314 whom...
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...
LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? (Κυριε, προς τινα απελευσομεθα;). Peter is the spokesman as usual and his words mean that, if such a thought as desertion crossed their minds when the crowd left, they di...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
_Jesus said therefore_, &c. For when the others were scandalized and went away from Christ "the Twelve remained," says S. Augustine, "for not even did Judas go away:" partly for shame's sake, not to b...
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....
_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 5:11; Acts 4:12; Acts 5:20; Acts 7:38; John 5:24;...
Simon Peter. Assailants of the authenticity of John's Gospel have asserted that it reveals an effort on the part of the writer to claim for the disciple whom Jesus loved a pre - eminence above Peter....