John 6:66
Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
In Context
67Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.
Cross References
Matthew 13:20He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
Matthew 21:8and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,
Luke 9:62Jesus answered him, "No one who has put his hand to the plough, and then looks behind him, is fit for the Kingdom of God.
John 6:64But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.
2 Timothy 1:15Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus 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 →