After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." John 6:66-69 (RSV)

Jesus said to the twelve, "Will you also go away?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."

It is easy to think of Jesus' life as being calm and quiet, with hours of solitary meditation or periods of religious conversations with his chosen Twelve. There were such times, it is true, but scarcely a day passed without some crisis erupting over things he said and did that were different from the beliefs and lifestyle of even his…