Then Simon Peter answered. — The look may have been directed to Peter, or here, as elsewhere, his natural character makes him spokesman for the Twelve. And striking is his speech. “Go away? To whom? They had left all to follow Him, and find all in Him. The Baptist is not living, and they know no other teacher. Go away? How could it be, when His words are spirit and eternal life?” (John 6:63.)
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John 6:68
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.