John 6:9

John 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
• New International Version (NIV)“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”

Context of John 6:9

7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

John 6:9 word by word

ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;Read the interlinear

• There isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a ladπαιδάριονpaidarion · boyG3808
• hereεἷςheis · oneG1520
• ·ὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• barleyκρίθινοςkrithinos · barleyG2916
• loavesἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• small fishesὀψάριονopsarion · fishG3795
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• theyοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• amongεἰςeis · towardG1519
• so manyτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118

Cross-references for John 6:9

• Matthew 14:17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
• Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
• Mark 6:38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
• Mark 8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
• Luke 9:13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
• Deuteronomy 8:8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
• Deuteronomy 32:14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
• 1 Kings 4:28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
• 2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Yhwh; Thus saith Yhwh, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
• Psalms 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
• Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
• Ezekiel 27:17Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Revelation 6:6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
• John 6:7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
• John 11:21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Commentaries on John 6:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9There is a lad here - , a little boy, or servant, probably one who carried the apostles' provisions, or who came on purpose to sell his bread and fish. Five barley loaves - Barley scarcely bore one-third of the value of wheat in the east: see Revelation 6:6. That it was a very mean fare appears from Ezekiel 13:19, where the false prophetesses are said to pollute the name of God for handfuls of barley, i.e. for the meanest reward. And Plutarch, in Apoph…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Barley was a grain for poor people. The loaves were like pita bread. The two fish were likely salted. Together with the five barley loaves, they made one meal.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 6:9

• Barley
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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