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

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?” 6He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!” 8Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. 9“There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

John 6:7 word by word

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 6:6He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.
• Numbers 11:21But Moses responded to the Lord, “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!’
• 2 Kings 4:43“What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?” But Elisha repeated, “Give it to the people so they can eat, for this is what the Lord says: Everyone will eat, and there will even be some left over!”
• Mark 6:37But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “With what?” they asked. “We’d have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!”
• John 12:5“That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”
• Matthew 18:28“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.

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