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

64But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not believe and the one who would betray him.) 65He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.” From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him. 67So Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?” 68Simon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom will 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• ofὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ofμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• backεἰςeis · towardG1519
• ·ὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• walkedπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• no moreοὐκέτιouketi · not any moreG3765
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for John 6:66

• John 6:60Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”
• John 8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.
• Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
• Matthew 13:20And the one sown on rocky ground — this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
• Matthew 19:22When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
• Matthew 21:8A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.
• Matthew 27:20The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
• Luke 9:62But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
• 2 Timothy 1:15You know that all those in the province of Asia have deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
• Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him.
• 2 Peter 2:20For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the 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. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs 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