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

1Jesus later crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or the Sea of Tiberias). 2A large crowd followed him because they saw the miracles that he performed for the sick. Jesus went up a mountain and sat with his disciples. 4The time for the Jewish Passover festival was near. 5As Jesus saw a large crowd coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to 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 6:15Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned to the mountain by himself.
• Matthew 14:23After sending the people away, he went up a mountain to pray by himself. When evening came, he was there alone.
• Matthew 15:29Jesus moved on from there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain and sat there.
• Luke 6:12At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
• Luke 9:28About eight days after he had said this, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a 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