John 6:3

John 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

Context of John 6:3

1After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). 2A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick. Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near. 5So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat?”

John 6:3 word by word

ἀνῆλθεν δὲ εἰς τὸ ὄρος Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐκάθητο μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• went upἀνέρχομαιanerchomai · to go upG424
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a mountainὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• he satκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101

Cross-references for John 6:3

• John 6:15Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
• Matthew 14:23After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Well into the night, he was there alone.
• Matthew 15:29Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,
• Luke 6:12During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.
• Luke 9:28About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

Commentaries on John 6:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Went up into a mountain - This mountain must have been in the desert of Bethsaida, in the territories of Philip, tetrarch of Galilee. Our Lord withdrew to this place for a little rest; for he and his disciples had been so thronged with the multitudes, continually coming and going, that they had not time to take necessary food. See Mark 6:31.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Jesus feeding the 5,000 recalls the Old Testament story of manna (bread from heaven) when Israel was in the wilderness (Exodus 16). In that story, God provided bread each day for his people. In the time of Jesus, some Jewish teachers believed that the Messiah would again give bread from heaven (Exodus 16:4). They expected a new act of divine provision. When Jesus fed the crowd, he met this expectation. However, he was not only giving physical bread. He…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-13(See on Mr 6:31-44). 3. a mountain--somewhere in that hilly range which skirts the east side of the lake.Read the comment

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• Jesus, the Christ

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Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings