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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 6:71

He spake of Judas ... - There is no evidence that Jesus designated Judas so that the disciples then understood that it was he. It does not appear that the apostles even suspected Judas, as they continued to treat him afterward with the same confidence, for he carried the bag, or the purse containing their little property John 12:6; John 13:29; and at the table, when Jesus said that one of them would betray him, the rest did not suspect Judas until Jesus pointed him out particularly, John 13:26.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 6:70-71

John 6:70-71. Jesus answered them And, yet even ye have not all acted, nor will you act, suitably to this knowledge and faith. For, have I not chosen, or elected, you twelve To the honour and happiness of a peculiar intimacy with me, and to a station of the most distinguished eminence and importance in my church? And yet one of you, as I well know, is a devil Is now influenced by one, and will become my accuser and betrayer. As the word διαβολος , rendered devil, sometimes... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 6:60-71

68. Words of eternal life (John 6:60-71)Many of the people who followed Jesus found his teaching about the bread of life hard to understand. Jesus told them that if they had difficulty believing this, they would be positively amazed when they saw him going bodily back to heaven. Their difficulties arose because they were thinking only of physical flesh and blood, and failed to see the spiritual truths they illustrated. They still did not understand how eternal life could result from Jesus’... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 6:71

He spake = But, or Now He was speaking. Judas . App-141 . Iscariot = a man of Kerioth, which was in Judah (Joshua 15:25 ). Kerioth now probably Khan Kureitin. the son of Simon . So designated only here, John 12:4 ; John 12:13 , John 12:2 , John 12:26 . The only apostle not a Galilean. Compare John 12:6 . that should betray Him = [who] was about to betray Him. Note the two verbs. Thus ends the second por tion of the Lord's ministry ( App-119 ), and thus is ushered in the third. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 6:71

Now he spake of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray, him, being one of the twelve.Perhaps the purpose of Jesus' introduction of this shocking revelation was to prepare the other apostles for the impact of so dastardly a deed as the betrayal; and there could have been no better time for such a warning than the very moment when Peter was affirming so strongly their faith and knowledge of the Son of God. This is another example of the sense of movement throughout this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 6:71

John 6:71. He spake of Judas Iscariot— Though our Lord did not at that time think fit to mention Judas, the evangelist adds this gloss, to shew, that no other disciple was suspected. Jesus called Judas a devil, because he would be an apostate and traitor: so likewise in reproving St. Peter, who had expressed an utter aversion to our Lord's suffering at Jerusalem, he called him Satan, on account of that one act by which he opposed the great design of his coming into the world: wherefore he might... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 6:71

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! read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 6:71

John, not Jesus, identified the devil among the Twelve as Judas. His devilish act was to be the betrayal of Jesus into His enemies’ hands. "Iscariot" is probably a transliteration of the Hebrew is qeriyot, meaning "man of Kerioth," a village in southern Judah (Joshua 15:25). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 6:1-71

The Bread of LifeJohn 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm.Returning from Jerusalem, our Lord met the Apostles somewhere on the W. of the lake (perhaps at Capernaum), and heard their report of their mission (Luke 9:10). He then spent about a fortnight preaching and healing the sick (John 6:2), and afterwards, seeking retirement, sailed with them to a desert place on the NE. coast... read more

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