Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Then said Jesus unto the twelve. This is the first time that they are so called by our Evangelist.
Will ye also go away? х thelete (G2309) hupagein (G5217)] - 'Are ye also minded to go away.' The "ye also" х kai (G2532) humeis (G5210)] is specially emphatic, and the appeal is singularly affecting. Evidently Christ felt the desertion of Him even by those miserable men who could not abide His statements; and seeing a disturbance even of the wheat by the violence of the wind which blew away the chaff (not yet visibly showing itself, but open to His eyes of fire), He would nip it at once by this home question. Doubtless there were other hearers besides the Twelve in whose hearts there was some good thing toward the Lord Jesus in spite of their prejudices and difficulties. But matters were too critical with the Twelve at this moment to admit of attention being now given to any others.