John 6:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:5

When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

KJV

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 3 (444)

A lesson most excellent did Christ again devise for His disciples, and fittest for the most holy men, both persuading them in utter straits to overcome cowardice in respect of hospitality, and to cast far away hesitation hereto, rather with more zealous motions to attain unto the virtue thereof. For what is there greater than this among those who know and will the things whereby it befitteth to purchase unto themselves the friendship from above?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

When Jesus then lift up his eyes,.... Being before engaged in close conversation with his disciples, and looking wistly and intently on them, whilst he was discoursing with them: and saw a great company come unto him; who came on foot, over the bridge at Chammath, from Capernaum, and other cities of Galilee: he saith unto Philip; he directed his discourse to him particularly, because he was of Bethsaida, near to which place Christ now was, and therefore might be best able to answer the following question: whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Saw a great company - See this miracle explained at large on Mat 14:13 (note), etc.; Mar 6:31 (note), etc.; Luk 9:10 (note), etc. In speaking of the passovers, and various other matters, it does not appear that John follows any strict chronological order. From Joh 6:15, it appears that our Lord had come down from the mountain, and fed the multitudes in a plain at the foot of it. Saith unto Philip - This, with what follows, to the end of the seventh verse, is not mentioned by any of the other evangelists.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐπάρας	Eparas	Having lifted up	G1869 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
θεασάμενος	theasamenos	having seen	G2300 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πολὺς	polus	a great	G4183 →
ὄχλος	ochlos	crowd	G3793 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	is coming	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
Φίλιππον·	Philippon	Philip;	G5376 →
πόθεν	pothen	From where	G4159 →
ἀγοράσωμεν	agorasōmen	we may buy	G59 →
ἄρτους,	artous	bread	G740 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
φάγωσιν	phagōsin	may eat	G5315 →
οὗτοι;	houtoi	these?	G3778 →

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
John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
leads to
- Luke 10:2–3
  And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
- Matthew 9:37–38
  Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Through
John 1:43
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
leads to
- Matthew 9:9
  As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- John 14:8
  Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
- Isaiah 65:1
  “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I…
- Matthew 4:18–21
  As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- John 12:21
  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Through
Matthew 15:33
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
leads to
- Mark 6:37
  But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”