John 6:70 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

BSB

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ASV

Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?

KJV

Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

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Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 4 (444)

He continues His reproach, and clenches them with severer words, cutting off that which is slack and fallen into negligence in their desire to be wise. For He almost seems to say somewhat of this sort, "O My disciples, this is the time for heed and wit and a mind braced unto the desire of salvation. For most slippery is the way of perdition, which drags downwards not only the feeble mind, but also that which already thinketh it standeth fast.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Jesus answered them,.... The disciples, taking Peter's answer to his question, as delivered in the name of them all, and as expressing their mind and sense: have not I chosen you twelve; not to grace and glory, to holiness and happiness; though this was true of eleven of them, but to be apostles: and one of you is a devil? or like to one, is a deceiver, a liar, and a murderer, as the devil is from the beginning; all which Judas was, and appeared to be, in the betraying of his master.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Jesus answered the - And yet even ye have not all acted suitable to this knowledge. Have I not chosen or elected you twelve? - But they might fall even from that election. Yet one of you - On this gracious warning, Judas ought to have repented; is a devil - Is now influenced by one.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Have not I chosen you twelve - Have I not, in an especial manner, called you to believe in my name, and chosen you to be my disciples and the propagators of my doctrine! Nevertheless, one of you is a devil, or accuser, enlisted on the side of Satan, who was a murderer from the beginning.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

These verses form a sorrowful conclusion to the famous discourse of Christ which occupies the greater part of the sixth chapter. They supply a melancholy proof of the hardness and corruption of man's heart. Even when the Son of God was the preacher, many seem to have heard in vain. Let us mark in this passage what an old sin apostasy is. We read that when our Lord had explained what He meant by "eating and drinking his flesh and blood,"—"After this, many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer."

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθη	apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	Twelve	G1427 →
ἐξελεξάμην,	exelexamēn	did choose,	G1586 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
διάβολός	diabolos	a devil	G1228 →
ἐστιν;	estin	is?	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 17:12
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture…
leads to
- Psalms 109:6–19
  Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- John 10:27–28
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- John 18:9
  This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
- John 13:18
  I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- John 6:37
  Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Through
John 13:27
And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
leads to
- Luke 22:3
  Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 13:2
The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
leads to
- Acts 5:3
  Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:13–17
  When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.