John 6:3 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:3

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.

BSB

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ASV

And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

KJV

And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Jesus went up into a mountain,.... In a desert place near Bethsaida, Luk 9:10; and there he sat with his disciples; partly for security from the cruelty of Herod, having just heard of the beheading of John; and partly for privacy, that he might have some conversation alone with his disciples, upon their return from off their journey; as also for the sake of rest and refreshment; and according to the custom of the Jewish doctors, which now prevailed; see Gill on Mat 5:1, he sat with his disciples, in order to teach and instruct them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ was now driven to be a field preacher; but his word was never the worse, nor the less acceptable, for that, to those who knew how to value it, who followed him still, not only when he went out to a desert place, but when he went up to a mountain, though up-hill be against heart.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ, though so useful in the places of concourse, yet chose sometimes to be alone, to teach us to sequester ourselves from the world now and then, for the more free converse with God and our own souls; and never less alone, says the serious Christian, than when alone. Public services must not jostle out private devotions. Here is the disciples' distress at sea.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Went 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 Mar 6:31.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

These verses describe one of our Lord's most remarkable miracles. Of all the great works that He did, none was done so publicly as this, and before so many witnesses. Of all the miracles related in the Gospels, this is the only one which all the four Gospel-writers alike record. This fact alone (like the four times repeated account of the crucifixion and resurrection) is enough to show that it is a miracle demanding special attention. We have, for one thing, in this miracle, a lesson about Christ's almighty power.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀνῆλθεν	anēlthen	Went up	G424 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εἰς	eis	on	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄρος	oros	mountain	G3735 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
ἐκάθητο	ekathēto	He was sitting	G2521 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
μαθητῶν	mathētōn	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 14:23
After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
leads to
- Luke 6:12
  In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 6:46
  After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
- John 6:15–17
  Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- Matthew 26:36
  At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
Through
John 6:15
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
leads to
- John 18:36
  Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
- John 7:3–4
  So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
- Luke 19:38
  “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
- John 6:15–21
  Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.