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Atomic Bible
John 6:70
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
from Peter’s Confession of Faith, John 6:67-71
What it says

Jesus says he chose the Twelve, yet one of them is a devil among them.

What it is doing

Choice and betrayal stand together inside the same group here.

In context

67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” 68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God. ” 70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.