69
andκαὶweἡμεῖςhave believedπεπιστεύκαμενandκαὶhave come to knowἐγνώκαμενthatὅτιyouσὺareεἶthe Holy Oneὁ ἅγιοςof God.”τοῦ θεοῦ
John 6:69
Study it in the app“and we have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.””
Many turn back; Peter answers, “To whom shall we go?”Following Jesus
With the Greek beneath
John 6:69, word by word
- have believedπεπιστεύκαμενpepisteukamen
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pepisteukamen” appears- have come to knowἐγνώκαμενegnōkamen
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “egnōkamen” appears- areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- the Holy Oneἅγιοςhagios
holy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagios” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Other manuscripts read “the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” as in Matthew 16:16; it is not in the oldest ones nor in the Greek text we follow.
The context
68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life,
69 · This verse (above)
70Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil.”
To study John 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?