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John 6:9
9There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?
John 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
- New International Version (NIV)“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
Context of John 6:9
7Philip 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, There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many? 10[And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. 11And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed [them] to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would.
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ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 6:9
- Matthew 14:17But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?
- Mark 6:38And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew they say, Five, and two fishes.
- Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say to him, Twelve.
- Luke 9:13And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;
- Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
- Deuteronomy 32:14Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
- 1 Kings 4:28And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
- 2 Kings 7:1And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
- Psalms 81:16And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
- Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
- Revelation 6:6And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius: and do not injure the oil and the wine.
- John 6:7Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].
- John 11:21Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
Commentaries on John 6:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9There is a lad here - , a little boy, or servant, probably one who carried the apostles' provisions, or who came on purpose to sell his bread and fish. Five barley loaves - Barley scarcely bore one-third of the value of wheat in the east: see Revelation 6:6. That it was a very mean fare appears from Ezekiel 13:19, where the false prophetesses are said to pollute the name of God for handfuls of barley, i.e. for the meanest reward. And Plutarch, in Apoph…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Barley was a grain for poor people. The loaves were like pita bread. The two fish were likely salted. Together with the five barley loaves, they made one meal.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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- 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
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