John 6:64

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܶܠܳܐ ܐܺܝܬ݂ ܐ݈ܢܳܫܳܐ ܡܶܢܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܡܗܰܝܡܢܺܝܢ ܝܳܕ݂ܰܥ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܓ݁ܶܝܪ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܶܢ ܩܕ݂ܺܝܡ ܡܰܢ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ ܐܰܝܠܶܝܢ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܡܗܰܝܡܢܺܝܢ ܘܡܰܢܽܘ ܗܰܘ ܕ݁ܡܰܫܠܶܡ ܠܶܗ ܀

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there: John 6:36, John 6:61, John 5:42, John 8:23, John 8:38-47, John 8:55, John 10:26, John 13:10, John 13:18-21

For: John 6:70, John 6:71, John 2:24, John 2:25, John 13:11, Psalms 139:2-4, Acts 15:18, Romans 8:29, 2 Timothy 2:19, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Matthew 9:4 - knowing Mark 2:8 - when Mark 3:19 - Judas John 6:26 - Ye seek John 6:43 - Murmur 1 Corinthians 11:27 - whosoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But there are some of you that believe not,.... Notwithstanding the ministry they sat under, and the words they heard; for though they professed to believe in Jesus, as the Messiah, yet they did not truly believe in him; their faith was not a living faith, or of a spiritual kind, but a mere historical and temporary one, and was feigned and hypocritical:

for Jesus knew from the beginning; of his ministry, and of their profession of him, being God omniscient, and the searcher of hearts:

who they were that believed not; i.e. in him, as the Arabic version reads: notwithstanding their following him, and professing to believe in him, and the great outward respect and esteem they showed to him, he could see through all those masks they put on, and knew they had no true faith of him in them; and the same knowledge he has of every professor of his name: he knows whether their faith is of the right kind or not; whether they have obtained the like precious faith with God's elect; or whether their profession is only a verbal one. In some copies it is read, "who they were that believed"; who were true believers, as well as who were hypocrites.

And who should betray him: he not only knew how it was with the multitude of the disciples that professed love to him, and faith in him; but he also particularly knew the case of the twelve apostles, and that one of them should betray him, and who he was. This was determined in the decrees of God, and was foretold in the prophecies of the Old Testament, and was predicted by Christ; and the person was pointed at by him before it was done.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus knew from the beginning ... - As this implied a knowledge of the heart, and of the secret principles and motives of men, it shows that he must have been omniscient.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 64. But there are some of you that believe not. — This is addressed to Judas, and to those disciples who left him: John 6:66.

And who should betray him — Or, who would deliver him up. Because he knew all things; he knew from the first, from Judas's call to the apostleship, and from eternity, (if the reader pleases,) who it was who would (not should) deliver him up into the hands of the Jews. Should, in the apprehension of most, implies necessity and compulsion; would implies that he was under the influence of his own free will, without necessity or constraint. The former takes away his guilt: for what a man is irresistibly compelled to do, by the supreme authority of God, he cannot avoid; and therefore to him no blame can attach: but Judas having acted through his own free will, abusing his power, and the grace he had received, he was guilty of the murder of an innocent man, and deserved the perdition to which he went.