So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”
- KJV Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
- NKJV Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
- NASB So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?”
- NLT Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”
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Quick answer
Jesus asks the Twelve if they too want to leave. His question invites them to a deliberate confession of faith amid the wider defection.
Overview
With many disciples gone, Jesus turns to the Twelve, not in doubt but to draw out their commitment. The form of His question gently anticipates a 'no.' This moment of testing leads to Peter's great confession, distinguishing true, persevering faith from the falling away of the crowd.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ruth 1:11–18But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Luke 14:25–33Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
- Josh 24:15–22But 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 Sam 15:19–20Then 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.
- Matt 10:2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
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