John 6:66
On account of this speech, many of his disciples turned back, and walked not with him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
In Context
67And Jesus said to the twelve: Are ye also disposed to go away?
Cross References
Matthew 13:20And that which was sowed on the rock, is he that heareth the word, and at once receiveth it with joy.
Matthew 21:8And a very great throng strewed their clothes in the path; and others cut branches from the trees, and cast them in the path.
Luke 9:62Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the ox-plough, and looking backward, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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 would betray him.
2 Timothy 1:15This thou knowest, that all those in Asia have turned from me; and that among them are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
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 →