John 6:70
What is written? (ESV)
Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.
What does it say?
Jesus answered that he had chosen the Twelve, but one was a devil.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus has just fed the large crowd (5,000 men) by performing a miracle and departed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee by walking on the water and calming the storm along the way. The next day, the crowd again finds him in order to be fed, and a discussion contrasting physical and spiritual food ensues.
How John 6:70 is applied across Bible answers
Is it required that an apostle see Jesus?
Jesus chose the original twelve apostles.
