John 6:70

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς· Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
answered	ἀπεκρίθη apekrithē	G611	to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοῖς autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
Have	ἐξελεξάμην, exelexamēn	G1586	to select · verb — aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular
not	οὐκ ouk	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
I	ἐγὼ egō	G1473	I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
chosen	ἐκλέγομαι eklégomai	G1586	to select
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
twelve	δώδεκα dōdeka	G1427	two and ten · adjective — numeral, indeclinable
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
one	εἷς heis	G1520	one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
of	ἐξ ex	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
you	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
a devil	διάβολός diabolos	G1228	a traducer · adjective — nominative singular masculine

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Cross-references

John 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to 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 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of…
John 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his…
Revelation 3:9-10 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and w…
Luke 6:13-16 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 6:60–end

We have here an account of the effects of Christ's discourse. Some were offended and others edified by it; some driven from him and others brought nearer to him. I. To some it was a savour of death unto death; not only to the Jews, who were professed enemies to him and his doctrine, but even to many of his disciples, such as were disciples at large, who were his frequent hearers, and followed him in public; a mixed multitude, like those among Israel, that began all the discontents. Now here we have, 1. Their murmurings at the doctrine they heard (Joh 6:60): This is a hard saying, who can hear it? (1.) They do not like it themselves: "What stuff is this? Eat the flesh, and drink the blood, of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:70

Have not I chosen . . . and one of you is a devil:--"Well said, Simon-Barjonas, but that 'we' embraces not so wide a circle as in the simplicity of thine heart thou thinkest; for though I have chosen you but twelve, one even of these is a 'devil'" (the temple, the tool of that wicked one). Next: John Chapter 7

Adam Clarke on John 6:70

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.

John Gill on John 6:70

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. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "is Satan"; which name, if given to Peter, as it once was on a certain occasion, Matthew 16:23, might very well be given to Judas; who, notwithstanding his profe…

The Church Fathers

(Moral. 1. xiii. c. xxxiv.) One of you is a devil: the bodyb is here named after its head.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

First, He was clad in "sordid attire," that is, in the indignity of passible and mortal flesh, when the devil, withal, was opposing himself to Him-the instigator, to wit, of Judas the traitor -who even after His baptism had tempted Him.
— Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews

Or we must say, that He elected the eleven for one purpose, the twelfth for another: the eleven to fill the place of Apostles, and persevere in it unto the end; the twelfth to the service of betraying Him, which was the means of saving the human race.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 6:70

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 6:60–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:70

Adam Clarke on John 6:70

John Gill on John 6:70

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 6:70

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 6:60–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:70

Adam Clarke on John 6:70

John Gill on John 6:70

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 6:65–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 6:70-71