John 6:70
Jesus said to them: Have not I chosen you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 believe, and know, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Cross References
Matthew 10:1And he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal every pain and disease.
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.
John 13:2And when the supper was passed, it had been injected by Satan into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him.
John 13:21These things said Jesus, and he was agitated in his spirit; and he testified, and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, That one of you will betray me.
John 15:16It is not ye that chose me, but I that have chosen you; and I have appointed you, that ye also should go and yield fruits, and that your fruits should continue; so that whatever ye may ask of my Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 17:12While I have been with them in the world, I have kept them in thy name. Those thou gavest me, have I kept; and none of them is lost, 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 →