John Chapter 6 verse 66 Holy Bible
Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
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Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
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From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.
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From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
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At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
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From this `time' many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 66. - Upon this (ἐκ τούτου; cf. ἐξ οῦ, equivalent to qua propter). Not "from that time forwards," not a gradual thinning down or departure of some disciples, one today and another tomorrow, but a kind of rush and stampede took place. Those who a few hours before were ready to call him their Messianic King, were entirely disenchanted. The claims of Christ were so profoundly different from what they anticipated that upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. The fascination those felt who had seen some of the excellences of Jesus led them to put themselves at his disposal, to wait upon him, to desert their ordinary occupations. Hence part of the phraseology of redemption was derived from the method of Christ. Men "came" to him; they "followed" him; they "walked" with him; they could "go back," desert, forsake their Lord. These actions of his first disciples have created the vocabulary of the kingdom of God. Christ's teaching tested as well as attracted men. There was a repellent force as well as an infinite fascination. He sifted as well as saved. The very deeds and words that broke some hearts into penitence roused impatient and angry remonstrance in others. There is seen in this Gospel a continual departure and a deepening faith.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(66) From that time.--The addition of the word "time" has given a definite and questionable meaning to the Greek, which is indefinite. "From that" probably means on that account, because of the words He had spoken. The actual departure was the result of the teaching, which tested their faith and found it wanting, and was at that time, not gradually from that time onwards. (Comp. Note on John 19:12.)Many of his disciples.--Co-extensive with the same term in John 6:60.
