John 6:70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
John 6:70 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” |
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| WEB | Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” |
| ASV | Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil? |
| YLT | Jesus answered them, ‘Did not I choose you--the twelve? and of you--one is a devil. |
| DARBY | Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil. |
| BBE | Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One? |
| Webster | Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? |
What does John 6:70 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 6:66-71
66-71. From that time, &c.--or, in consequence of this. Those last words of our Lord seemed to have given them the finishing stroke--they could not stand it any longer. walked no more--Many a journey, it may be, they had taken with Him, but now they gave Him up finally!
Barnes' Notes
Is a devil. Has the spirit, the envy, the malice, and the treasonable designs of a devil. The word devil here is used in the sense of an enemy, or one hostile to him.
(d) "a devil" Jn 13:27
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 6:66-71
When we admit into our minds hard thoughts of the words and works of Jesus, we enter into temptation, which, if the Lord in mercy prevent not, will end in drawing back. The corrupt and wicked heart of man often makes that an occasion for offence, which is matter of the greatest comfort. Our Lord had, in the foregoing discourse, promised eternal life to his followers; the disciples fastened on that plain saying, and…
John 6:70 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 6:70
- 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 perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- 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 heel against me.
- 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 worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- John 13:21
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
- John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
- 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; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
- Acts 1:17
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
- 1 Timothy 3:11
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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- John 6:69
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
- John 6:70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
- John 6:71
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
John 6:70 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jesús le respondió: ¿No he escogido yo á vosotros doce, y uno de vosotros es diablo? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jésus leur répondit: N’est-ce pas moi qui vous ai choisis, vous, les douze, et l’un d’entre vous est un diable? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus antwortete ihnen: Habe ich nicht euch, die Zwölfe, auserwählt? und von euch ist einer ein Teufel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et nos credidimus, et cognovimus quia tu es Christus Filius Dei. |