6:66 After this many of his disciples quit following him 3 and did not accompany him 4 any longer.
1 tn Or “drive away”; Grk “cast out.”
2 tn Or “attracts him,” or “pulls him.” The word is used of pulling or dragging, often by force. It is even used once of magnetic attraction (A. Oepke, TDNT 2:503).
3 tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”
4 tn Grk “were not walking with him.”