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Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don`t also want to go away, do you?"
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Multiple commentators explain that Jesus's question was not born of doubt, but of love. The original Greek phrasing expects a negative answer, like saying, "You don't want to leave too, do you?" Jesus wasn't testing their loyalty out of fear but was lovingly prompting them to reaffirm their faith and strengthen their resolve after seeing so many others depart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The twelve. The twelve apostles.
Will you also go away? Many apostatized, and it was natural now for Jesus to submit the q…
Would ye also go away? (Μη κα υμεις θελετε υπαγειν; ). Jesus puts it with the negative answer (μη) expected. See 21:5 where Jesus …
19th Century
Anglican
Will you also go away?—We have to think of the disciples grouped around Him, the Twelve—now a distinct body, and so well known that St. Jo…
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Baptist
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter –
Who was always to the front, ever ready to speak, "Simon,…
Our Lord ever wishes to encourage faith that is weak, and he had a great deal of concern and love for his disciples. That is why he asked a questio…
16th Century
Protestant
Jesus therefore said to the twelve. As the faith of the apostles might be greatly shaken when they saw that they were so small a remnant o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Jesus unto the twelve "To his own twelve", as the Persic version reads; that is, to his twelve apostles, w…
When we allow ourselves to entertain critical thoughts about the words and works of Jesus, we enter into temptation, which, if the Lord in mercy do…