New American Standard Bible 2020

John 6:2-18

2A largeG4183 crowdG3793 was followingG190 Him, becauseG3754 they were watchingG3708 the 1 2signsG4592 whichG3739 He was performingG4160 on thoseG3588 who were sickG770. 3But 3JesusG2424 wentG424 up on the mountainG3735, and thereG1563 He satG2521 with His disciplesG3101. 4NowG1161 4the PassoverG3957, the feastG1859 of the JewsG2453, was nearG1451. 5SoG3767 JesusG2424, after raisingG1869 His eyesG3788 and seeingG2300 that a largeG4183 crowdG3793 was comingG2064 to Him, saidG3004 to 5PhilipG5376, “WhereG4159 are we to buyG59 breadG740 soG2443 thatG2443 theseG3778 people may eatG2068?” 6But He was sayingG3004 thisG3778 only to 6testG3985 him, for He HimselfG846 knewG3609 whatG5101 He intendedG3195 to doG4160. 7 7PhilipG5376 answeredG611 Him, “8TwoG1250 hundredG1250 9denariiG1220 worth of breadG740 is not enoughG714 for them, for eachG1538 to receiveG2983 just a littleG1024!” 8OneG1520 of His 10disciplesG3101, 11AndrewG406, SimonG4613 Peter’sG4074 brotherG80, saidG3004 to Him, 9“There is a boyG3808 hereG5602 whoG3739 hasG2192 fiveG4002 barleyG2916 loavesG740 and twoG1417 12fishG3795; but whatG5101 are theseG3778 for soG5118 manyG5118 people?” 10JesusG2424 saidG3004, “HaveG4160 the peopleG444 reclineG377 to eat.” NowG1161 there was 13plentyG4183 of grassG5528 in the placeG5117. SoG3767 the menG435 reclinedG377, aboutG5613 14 15fiveG4000 thousandG4000 in numberG706. 11JesusG2424 thenG3767 tookG2983 the loavesG740, and 16after givingG2168 thanksG2168 He distributedG1239 them to thoseG3588 who were recliningG345; likewiseG3668 alsoG2532 of the 17fishG3795, as muchG3745 as they wantedG2309. 12And whenG5613 they had eatenG1705 their fillG1705, He saidG3004 to His 18disciplesG3101, “GatherG4863 upG4863 the leftoverG4052 piecesG2801 soG2443 thatG2443 nothingG3361 G5100 will be lostG622.” 13SoG3767 they gatheredG4863 them upG4863, and filledG1072 twelveG1427 19basketsG2894 with piecesG2801 from the fiveG4002 barleyG2916 loavesG740 whichG3739 were leftG4052 overG4052 by thoseG3588 who had eatenG977. 14ThereforeG3767 when the peopleG444 sawG3708 the 20signG4592 whichG3739 He had performedG4160, they saidG3004, “ThisG3778 is trulyG230 the 21ProphetG4396 who is to comeG2064 into the worldG2889.”

15SoG3767 JesusG2424, awareG1097 that they 22intendedG3195 to comeG2064 and takeG726 Him by forceG726 23to makeG4160 Him kingG935, 24withdrewG402 againG3825 to 25the mountainG3735 by HimselfG846, aloneG3441.

16NowG1161 whenG5613 eveningG3798 cameG1096, His 26disciplesG3101 wentG2597 downG2597 to the seaG2281, 17and after gettingG1684 into a boatG4143, they started to crossG2064 G4008 the seaG2281 27to CapernaumG2746. It had alreadyG2235 becomeG1096 darkG4653, and JesusG2424 had not yetG3768 comeG2064 to them. 18InG5037 additionG5037, the seaG2281 began gettingG1326 roughG1326, because a strongG3173 windG417 was blowingG4154.

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Notes

1. John 6:2 I.e., confirming miracles ↩
2. John 6:2 John 2:11, 23; 3:2; 6:14, 30; 11:47; 12:18, 37; 20:30 ↩
3. John 6:3 Matt 5:1; Mark 3:13; Luke 6:12; 9:28; John 6:15 ↩
4. John 6:4 Deut 16:1; John 2:13 ↩
5. John 6:5 John 1:43 ↩
6. John 6:6 2 Cor 13:5; Rev 2:2 ↩
7. John 6:7 John 1:43 ↩
8. John 6:7 Mark 6:37 ↩
9. John 6:7 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer ↩
10. John 6:8 John 2:2 ↩
11. John 6:8 John 1:40 ↩
12. John 6:9 John 6:11; 21:9, 10, 13 ↩
13. John 6:10 Mark 6:39 ↩
14. John 6:10 I.e., 5,000 men plus women and children, cf. Matt 14:21 ↩
15. John 6:10 Matt 14:21 ↩
16. John 6:11 Matt 15:36; John 6:23 ↩
17. John 6:11 John 6:9; 21:9, 10, 13 ↩
18. John 6:12 John 2:2 ↩
19. John 6:13 Matt 14:20 ↩
20. John 6:14 I.e., confirming miracle ↩
21. John 6:14 Matt 11:3; 21:11; John 1:21 ↩
22. John 6:15 Or were about ↩
23. John 6:15 John 18:36f ↩
24. John 6:15 John 6:15-21: Matt 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-51 ↩
25. John 6:15 John 6:3 ↩
26. John 6:16 John 2:2 ↩
27. John 6:17 Mark 6:45; John 6:24, 59 ↩

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