John 6:69
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Study Note
Study Note
Peter's confession at Capernaum after the bread-of-life discourse — 'we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ, the Holy One of God' — parallels the Caesarea Philippi confession of the Synoptics but is set in an entirely different narrative context: a moment of mass desertion rather than peak popularity. The Johannine confession deploys the title 'Holy One of God' (ho hagios tou theou) rather than 'Son of the living God,' reflecting John's distinctive christological vocabulary and echoing Isaiah's 'Holy One of Israel' applied to YHWH. The perfect tense 'we believe and know' (pepisteukami kai egnōkamen) suggests settled conviction rather than tentative affirmation, marking Peter's response as a contrast to the wavering disciples of verse 66. The following verse's warning that one of the twelve is a devil (Judas) immediately complicates the confession's apparent triumph.
Other Translations
And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.
and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
Cross References
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