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John 6:7
7Philip answered, ‘A man could work for eight months to get 200 silver coins. But he still would not have enough money to buy bread for all these people. There would not be enough bread for each person here to have even a little piece.’
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 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?’ 6Jesus himself already knew what he would do. But he asked Philip this question because he wanted to know what Philip would say. Philip answered, ‘A man could work for eight months to get 200 silver coins. But he still would not have enough money to buy bread for all these people. There would not be enough bread for each person here to have even a little piece.’ 8Then Andrew, another one of Jesus' disciples, spoke. He was Simon Peter's brother. 9He said to Jesus, ‘Here is a boy who has five small loaves and two fish. But that will certainly not be enough food for so many people.’
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ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ Φίλιππος· διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἕκαστος βραχύ τι λάβῃ.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
- answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Two hundredδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
- pennyworthδηνάριονdēnarion · denariusG1220
- of breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
- isἀρκέωarkeō · be sufficientG714
- notοὐou · noG3756
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- every oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
- may takeλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
- aτιςtis · oneG5100
- littleβραχύςbrachus · littleG1024
Cross-references for John 6:7
- John 6:6Jesus himself already knew what he would do. But he asked Philip this question because he wanted to know what Philip would say.
- Numbers 11:21Moses said to the Lord, ‘There are 600,000 men here. But you have said, “I will give to them meat to eat for a whole month.”
- 2 Kings 4:43But his servant said, ‘There is not enough food here to feed 100 men!’ Elisha said, ‘Give it to the people for them to eat. Do it, because the Lord says, “They will all eat as much as they want. There will even be some food left.” ’
- Mark 6:37‘You should give them some food to eat,’ Jesus replied. But the disciples said, ‘We cannot go to buy bread for all these people. A man must work for eight months to get the 200 coins that we would need for that. We cannot get enough food to give to these people.’
- John 12:5Judas said, ‘We could have sold this oil for 300 coins. That is as much money as someone would get for a year's work. Then we could have given that money to poor people.’
- Matthew 18:28But then that same servant went away and he met another servant of the king. This other servant had to pay back a debt of 100 silver coins to the first servant. The first servant took hold of the neck of the other servant to hurt him. He said, “Give me the money that is mine.”
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
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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
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