New Living Translation
John 6:3
3Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.
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
1After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. 2A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. 4(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) 5Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?”
Read all of John 6John 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 6:15When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.
- Matthew 14:23After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
- Matthew 15:29Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
- Luke 6:12One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
- Luke 9:28About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on 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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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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