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

5So Jesus, after raising His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6But He was saying this only to test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do. Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!” 8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”

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
• Twoδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
• denariiδηνάριονdēnarion · denariusG1220
• worth of breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• is not enoughἀρκέωarkeō · be sufficientG714
• for them, for eachἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• to receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• a littleβραχύςbrachus · littleG1024

Cross-references for John 6:7

• John 6:6But He was saying this only to test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do.
• Numbers 11:21But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am included, are six hundred thousand on foot! Yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’
• 2 Kings 4:43But his attendant said, “How am I to serve this to a hundred men?” Nevertheless he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat, for this is what the Lord says: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’”
• Mark 6:37But He answered them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread, and give it to them to eat?”
• John 12:5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?”
• Matthew 18:28But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’

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