John 6:66
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
KJV
Ἐκ τούτου οὖν πολλοὶ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ οὐκέτι μετ’ αὐτοῦ περιεπάτουν.
Greek NT
Et dicebat : Propterea dixi vobis, quia nemo potest venire ad me, nisi fuerit ei datum a Patre meo.
Vulgate
Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
ASV
And he said: Therefore did I say to you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὀπίσω
opiso
adverb · 35×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ἐκ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκ
- ἐκ — SBLGNT
- ἐκ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον | WH/Treg/NIV: τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον | RP: ἀπῆλθον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ
- τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον — SBLGNT
- τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπῆλθον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Beloved, our condition needs much endurance; and endurance is produced when doctrines are deeply rooted. For as no wind is able by its assaults to tear up the oak, which sends down its root into the lower recesses of the earth, and is firmly clenched there; so too the soul which is nailed by the fear of God none will be able to overturn. Since to be nailed is more than to be…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us
- 2Pet 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
- 2Sam 15:15 — And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
- 2Sam 20:2 — So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
- 2Tim 1:15 — This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
- 2Tim 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
- Ezek 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he
- Heb 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- Job 23:12 — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- John 6:41 — The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
- John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
- John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
- John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
- John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
- John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- Luke 9:62 — And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
- Matt 11:6 — And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
- Matt 12:40 — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Matt 19:22 — But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
- Matt 21:8 — And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- Matt 24:10 — And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- Ps 80:18 — So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
- Rom 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.