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John 6:67

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

KJV

εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς δώδεκα· μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς θέλετε ὑπάγειν;

Greek NT

Ex hoc multi discipulorum ejus abierunt retro : et jam non cum illo ambulabant.

Vulgate

Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

ASV

After this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1336The first announcement of the Eucharist divided the disciples, just as the announcement of the Passion scandalized them: "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"158 The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks. It is the same mystery and it never ceases to be an occasion of division. "Will you also go away?":159 The Lord's question echoes through the ages, as a loving…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210205.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 12:18 — Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy
  • 2Kgs 2:2 — And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went dow
  • Deut 4:4 — But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
  • John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
  • Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
  • Luke 14:25 — And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
  • Luke 22:28 — Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
  • Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
  • Ruth 1:11 — And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?