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“After this many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him”. As noted earlier, “disciples”here is not used in the sense of dedicated followers, but just those who were following Him at the time. We come to Jesus on His terms, and we follow Him on His terms,for Him to lead us where He will. That applies both in physical terms, and, as here, in terms of understanding how things work. Jesus is Lord, we are not.
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Jesus then asks the twelve if they want to leave as well. The twelve is referring to the apostles, and they have a deeper commitment. Note that this is far from meaning they understood everything! The gospels make it quite clear that their understanding was far from clear. The key point was that they were prepared to let Jesus lead and teach them. Those are the key elements of being a true disciple.
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