John 6:7

John 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
• New International Version (NIV)Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

Context of John 6:7

5Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat? 6But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion]. 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, says to him, 9There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

John 6:7 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ Φίλιππος· διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἕκαστος βραχύ τι λάβῃ.¶Read the interlinear

• PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• Loavesἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• twoδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
• denariiδηνάριονdēnarion · denariusG1220
• littleβραχύςbrachus · littleG1024

Cross-references for John 6:7

• John 6:6But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.
• Numbers 11:21And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.
• 2 Kings 4:43And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.
• Mark 6:37And he answering said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?
• John 12:5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
• Matthew 18:28But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.

Commentaries on John 6:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Two hundred pennyworth - This sum, rating the denarius at 7 3/4d., would amount to 6. 9s. 2d. of our money, and appears to have been more than our Lord and all his disciples were worth of this world's goods. See the notes on Matthew 18:28.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

Topics related to John 6:7

• Jesus, the Christ
• Philip

In the dictionaries

• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Meat
• Murmur
• Philip
• Andrew
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

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