John 6:66

John 6:66 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• New International Version (NIV)From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

Context of John 6:66

64However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.) 65Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.” From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. 67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” 68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 6:66 word by word

ἐκ τούτου πολλοὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ οὐκέτι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ περιεπάτουν.¶Read the interlinear

• Fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• turned backἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• turned backεἰςeis · towardG1519
• turned backὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• no longerοὐκέτιouketi · not any moreG3765
• walkedπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for John 6:66

• John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
• John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
• Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
• Matthew 19:22When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
• Matthew 21:8A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
• 2 Timothy 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

Commentaries on John 6:66

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66Many of his disciples went back - They no longer associated with him, nor professed to acknowledge him as the Messiah. None of these were of the twelve. Christ had many others who generally attended his ministry, and acknowledged him for the Messiah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 66Many of his disciples - Many who had followed him professedly as his disciples and as desirous of learning of him. See the notes at John 6:60. Went back - Turned away from him and left him. From this we may learn, 1.Not to wonder at the apostasy of many who profess to be followers of Christ. Many are induced to become his professed followers by the prospect of some temporal benefit, or under some public excitement, as these were; and when that temporal…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 66-71Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-71Each story in this chapter uses the setting of the Feast of the Passover (6:4) to communicate a deeper meaning.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66-7166-71. From that time, &c.--or, in consequence of this. Those last words of our Lord seemed to have given them the finishing stroke--they could not stand it any longer. walked no more--Many a journey, it may be, they had taken with Him, but now they gave Him up finally!Read the comment

Topics related to John 6:66

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Instability
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Meat
• Murmur
• Peter
• Andrew
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Disciple
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology

Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings