67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.
Vs. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
With the departure of many of His followers, Jesus now asks the twelve if they also want to go away. For with the Lord Jesus Christ the door is always open to come in and remain with Him, or to leave as one wishes. And so, the consequences of such decisions (both good or bad) remain with us.
Vs. 68-69 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Simon Peter then as is the first to respond, and in doing so as the disciple’s unofficial spokesman and “leader”, he is adamant that neither he, nor any of the twelve want to leave Jesus, for he says to Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (vs. 68). In Simon Peters declaration (vs. 68-69) then we see genuine faith, for when the pressure was on to depart from Jesus and follow “the crowd”, Peter along with the eleven choose to take their stand with the Lord Jesus Christ. For as Peter also says,’ “Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Vs. 69 The question then is have you come to know and believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, For in Him alone is everlasting life!
Vs. 70-71 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.
Now Jesus in answering like this indicates that He already knew that Simon Peter and the others believed in Him, for He choose them, except one, whom Jesus here calls a devil, for though He also chose Judas Iscariot, Jesus chose him not for his faith in Him, but for the fulfillment of the Scripture, for it would be Judas Iscariot the son of Simon who would betray Him.
New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson.
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