John 6:8 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:8

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

KJV

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

Andrew is in the same perplexity that Philip is; only he has rather higher notions of our Lord: There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes. This passage confounds the Manicheans, who say that bread and all such things were created by an evil Deity. The Son of the good God, Jesus Christ, multiplied the loaves. Therefore they could not have been naturally evil; a good God would never have multiplied what was evil.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,.... Who also, and his brother Peter, were of Bethsaida, as well as Philip, and was a disciple of Christ's; he hearing what Christ said to Philip, and what answer he returned, saith unto him; to Christ, with but little more faith than Philip, if any.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith - The other evangelists attribute this answer to the apostles in general. See the passages referred to above.

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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λέγει	Legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
μαθητῶν	mathētōn	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
Ἀνδρέας	Andreas	Andrew	G406 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	brother	G80 →
Σίμωνος	Simōnos	of Simon	G4613 →
Πέτρου·	Petrou	Peter;	G4074 →

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 walk5

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 4:18
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.
leads to
- John 1:40–42
  Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
- Matthew 10:2
  These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
- Luke 6:14
  Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
- Mark 1:16–20
  As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Luke 5:1–11
  On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,