John 6:70
He answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
In Context
69And we have believed and know that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Cross References
Matthew 10:1And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
John 6:64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.
John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him,
John 13:21When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
John 15:16Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Matthew Henry on John 6:61-71
Christ's Discourse with His Disciples; The Effect of Christ's Discourse; The Character of Judas. 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 unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.… Read the whole commentary →