Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
- BSB So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
- 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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- Ruth 1:11–18Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
- Luke 14:25–33Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
- Josh 24:15–22If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- 2 Sam 15:19–20Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.
- Matt 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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