Matthew Poole and continuators on John 6:68

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life .

Peter, who is observed in the whole History of the Gospel to have discovered the hottest and quickest Spirit, and to have been first in answering Questions propounded to the twelve, as Mat. 16.16, &c. Replies, Lord, whi[illegible: 1 letter]her shall we go, &c? thereby teaching us under Temptations to Apostacy, first, to consider what we shall get by it, as the following words teach us, that an abiding with Christ in a steady adherence to the truths of his Gospel, is the best choice that we can make.

Marginal references: Acts 5.20.