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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.

Context of John 6:66

64Yet 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. 65He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall 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 6:60On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
• John 8:31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
• Zephaniah 1:6those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”
• Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew 13:20The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
• Matthew 19:22When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.
• Matthew 21:8A very large 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 the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
• Luke 9:62Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in 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 4:10for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Hebrews 10:38And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
• 2 Peter 2:20If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed 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