John 6:66-67

Peter’s Confession

6:66 After this many of his disciples quit following him ¹  and did not accompany him ²  any longer. 6:67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?” ³ 

Matthew 18:20

18:20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

Hebrews 10:25

10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ⁴  drawing near. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”

² tn Grk “were not walking with him.”

³ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “do you?”).

⁴ sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.

⁵ tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).