John 6:67

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THE TWELVE. This is the first time that they are so called by our Evangelist. WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY? [ thelete (G2309) hupagein (G5217)] - 'Are ye also minded to go away.' The "ye also" [ kai (G2532) humeis (G5210)] is specially emphatic, and the appeal is singularly affecting. Evidently Christ felt the desertion of Him even by those miserable men who could not abide His statements; and seeing a disturbance even of the wheat by the violence of the wind which blew away the chaff (not yet visibly showing itself, but open to His eyes of fire),...

67._Jesus therefore said to the twelve. _As the faith of the apostles might be greatly shaken, when they saw that they were so small a remnant of a great multitude, Christ directs his discourse to them, and shows that there is no reason why they should allow themselves to be hurried away by the lightness and unsteadiness of others. When he asks them if _they also wish to go away, _he does so in order to confirm their faith; for, by exhibiting to them himself, that they may remain with him, he likewise exhorts them not to become the companions of apostates. And, indeed, if faith be founded on Christ, it will not depend on men, and will never waver, though it should see heaven and earth mingling. We ought also to observe this circumstance, that Christ, when deprived of nearly all his disciples, retains _the twelve _only, in like manner as Isaiah was formerly commanded to bind the testimon

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 heart of man often makes that an occasion for offence, which is matter of the greatest comfort. Our Lord had, in the foregoing discourse, promised eternal life to his followers; the disciples fastened on that plain saying, and resolved to cleave to him, when others fastened on hard sayings, and forsook him. Christ's doctrine is the word of eternal life, therefore we must live and die by it. If we forsake Christ, we forsake our own mercies. They believed that this Jesus was the Messiah promised to their fathers, the Son of the living God. When we are tempted to backslide or turn away, it is good to remember first principles, and to keep to them. And let us ever remember our Lord's searching qu...

Verse 67. _WILL YE ALSO GO ALWAY?_] Or, _Do YE also desire_, c. These words are very emphatical. Will YOU abandon me? - _you_, whom I have distinguished with innumerable marks of my affection - _you_, whom I have chosen out of the world to be my companions, - _you_, to whom I have revealed the secrets of the eternal world - _you_, who have been witnesses of all my miracles - _you_, whom I intend to seat with me on my throne in glory will YOU go away? Reader, in what state art _thou_? Hast _thou gone back_ from Christ, or art thou _going_ back? Wilt _thou_ go? _Thou_, whom he has redeemed by his blood -_thou_, whom he has upheld by his power, and fed by his providence - _thou_, into whose wounded soul he has poured the balm of pardoning mercy - _thou_, whom he has adopted into the heavenly family - _thou_, whom he has comforted in so many tribulations and adversities - _thou_, whose mult...

THE TWELVE - The twelve apostles. WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY? - Many apostatized, and it was natural now for Jesus to submit the question to the twelve. “Will you, whom I have chosen, on whom I have bestowed the apostleship, and who have seen the evidence of my Messiahship, will you now also leave me?” This was the time to try them; and it is always a time to try real Christians when many professed disciples become cold and turn back; and then we may suppose Jesus addressing us, and saying, Will ye also go away! Observe here, it was submitted to their choice. God compels none to remain with him against their will, and the question in such trying times is submitted to every man whether he will or will not go away....

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 _"_sign_" _of power_. Chronological difficulties beset our treatment of this miraculous narrative with its varied consequences and results. Many curious and even violent measures have been resorted to with a view to solve them. Some have supposed that John 5:1. and 6. have been inverted in order, and that thus the presence of our Lord in Galilee, mentioned in...

THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THE TWELVE,.... "To his own twelve", as the Persic version reads; that is, to his twelve apostles, whom he had chosen to that office: Christ takes no notice of those that went away from him, he showed no concern about them; he knew what they were, that the truth of grace was not in them, and that they did not belong to him, and therefore was not uneasy about their departure; but turns himself to his apostles, whom he dearly loved, and in a very tender manner thus said to them, WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY? this he said, not as ignorant of what they were, or of what they would do in this case; he knew full well their faith in him, their love to him, and esteem of him, and close attachment to him, at least in eleven of then; nor did he say this, as having any fears or jealousies concerning them, by observing any thing in their countenances or gestures, which looked like a dep...

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 down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?_ Familiarity breeds contempt. Because the Jews knew Jesus and his kindred after the flesh, therefore they would not believe that he came down from heaven. Let us beware of foolish prejudices, and let us not judge after the flesh. Why should Jesus not have come down from heaven even though these men knew his reputed father and mother? John 6:43. _Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves._...

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 Bread of Life. The Food of the Believer. (John 6:22 .) 5. The Falling Away of Disciples. (John 6:60) 6. Peter's Confession. (John 6:67 .) The events which are recorded in this chapter happened at the Sea of Galilee, the sea of Tiberias. John exclusively uses t

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 may well ask this question. If it turns from Christ, to whom shall it go? He only has the words of eternal life....