John 6:66-68

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  6:68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Acts 11:23

11:23 When ⁴  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ⁵  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ⁶ 

[6:66]  ¹ tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”

[6:66]  ² tn Grk “were not walking with him.”

[6:67]  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?”).

[11:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

[11:23]  ⁵ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

[11:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.