Bible Strands
John 6:67
So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Twelve immediately after many of His followers turned back and no longer walked with Him. He asks them directly whether they intend to depart as well.
The words — The Greek μὴ (mē) functions as an interrogative particle expecting a negative answer, while οὖν (oun) signals a logical consequence following the mass departure. Together they structure the question as a direct probe into their personal resolve.
The thread — This moment of tested loyalty runs parallel to the crowd-following pattern in Luke 14:25 and the immediate follow-up in John 6:70 where Jesus notes one of the Twelve is a devil. The structural echo of Naomi’s invitation in Ruth 1:11 marks a recurring biblical motif of departure and remaining.
Why it lands — The text states a clear choice between staying with Jesus or leaving with the crowd. It requires the reader to confront whether their allegiance holds when the majority abandons the teaching.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Cross-references
- Luke 14:25 Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
- John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Ruth 1:11 But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- 2 Samuel 15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
- Matthew 10:2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;