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

1Some time after that, Jesus went across Lake Galilee, which is also called Lake Tiberias. 2A large crowd of people followed him, because of the miracles that he had done. They had seen him make sick people well. Jesus went up a hill and he sat down there with his disciples. 4It was nearly the time for the Jewish Passover Festival. 5Jesus looked up. He saw a large crowd of people who were coming towards him. He said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy enough bread to feed all these people?’

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 6:15The people wanted to take hold of Jesus so that they could make him their king. But Jesus knew that they wanted to do this. So he went away to the hills again by himself.
• Matthew 14:23So Jesus sent the crowd away. After they had gone, he went up on a mountain alone to pray. When it became dark, he was still there alone.
• Matthew 15:29Jesus travelled on from that place and he walked along the shore of Lake Galilee. He climbed up a hill and he sat down there.
• Luke 6:12One day Jesus went up a mountain to pray. He remained there all night and he was praying to God.
• Luke 9:28About eight days after Jesus had said these things, he went up a mountain to pray. He took Peter, John and James with him.

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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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