John 6:67

the twelve The first mention of them; S. John speaks of them familiarly as a well-known body, assuming that his readers are well acquainted with the expression (see on John 6:62). This is a mark of truth: all the more so because the expression does not occur in the earlier Chapter s; for it is probable that down to the end of chap. 4 at any rate -the Twelve" did not yet exist.

Pilate and Mary Magdalene are introduced in the same abrupt way (John 18:29; John 19:25).

Will ye also go away? Better, Surely ye also do not wish to go away?-Will" is too weak; it is not the future tense, but a separate verb, -to will." There is a similar error John 7:17 and John 8:44. Christ knows not only the unbelief of the many, but the belief and loyalty of the few.