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John 6:3
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
Verse John 6:3. _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 res...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
VI. THE CRISIS TO GALILEE. John 6:1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand. John 6:1 is the natural sequel to work in Galilee, not in Judæ a. Similarly John 7:1 would naturally follow work in the south, n...
AND JESUS WENT UP INTO. MOUNTAIN. The mountains on the eastern shore of the sea rise to the height of nearly two thousand feet above the level of the water. The region was uninhabited, and therefore....
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
After these things Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee, that is, the Sea of Tiberias. A great crowd was following him, because they were watching the signs which he did on those who were ill. Je...
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. A MOUNTAIN. the mountain, i.e. the one overlooking the lake. SAT. was sitting [when He saw the crowds approach ing]. WITH. amid. Greek. _meta._ App-104....
_into a mountain_ Rather, _into_ THE _mountain_, or, perhaps _the mountainous part_of the district. The definite article indicates familiarity with the locality. Comp. John 6:15. We have no means of d...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
THE SIGN ON THE LAND; FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND...
ΤῸ ὍΡΟΣ. The _mountain_, or _the mountainous part_, of the district: the article indicates familiarity with the neighbourhood (John 6:15). We cannot determine the precise eminence. The object is retir...
par Ver 1. After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were dis...
_THE FEEDING OF THE 5000 -- JOHN 6:1-14:_ The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle recorded by all the gospel writers other than those miracles associated with Jesus' death and resurrection. A gre...
ΆΝΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G424) приходить, подходить, ΈΚΆΘΗΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) садиться, сидеть, быть, жить (BAGD)....
MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES _Text 6:1-13_ 1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, be...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:1-13 Of all the miracles performed by the Lord Jesus the feeding of the five thousand is the only one recorded by each of the four Evangelists. This at once in...
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 6:30. But the reader will do well to mark here again the important not...
31 The usual rendering, "If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true", _ is not true_! The Lord Himself insisted, on another occasion, that His testimony concerning Himself _ was _ true. "And i...
6:3 mountain, (c-7) The mountain country. see Note, Matthew 5:1 ....
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from Jerusal...
A MOUNTAIN] RV 'the mountain.'...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
A MOUNTAIN. — Better, _the mountain,_ or, perhaps, the _hill-country_ on the east shore of the sea. See the parallel passages....
CHAPTER 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1. In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to the Samari...
_The miracle narrated_....
THE MULTITUDE SATISFIED WITH FOOD John 6:1-14 In this chapter we have a further illustration of John's method in selecting for his purpose the miracles which became the texts of our Lord's discourses...
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to...
CHAPTER 32 FEEDING THE MULTITUDES Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17; & John 6:1-14. Mark: “And they de
SECOND SECTION: 6:1-7. THE GREAT MESSIANIC TESTIMONY AND THE CRISIS OF FAITH IN GALILEE. THE war is now declared in Judea; the thread of the narrative is outwardly broken. John does not mention the re...
“ _And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples._ 4. _Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand._ ” The expression, _the mountain_, denotes not a particular...
After these things, Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias: (2) And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles, which he did on them that were diseased. (3...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
3._Jesus therefore went up into a mountain. _Christ unquestionably sought a place of retirement till _the feast of the Passover_; and therefore it is said that he _sat down on a mountain with his disc...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
AND JESUS WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN,.... In a desert place near Bethsaida, Luke 9:10; AND THERE HE SAT WITH HIS DISCIPLES; partly for security from the cruelty of Herod, having just heard of the behead...
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. Ver. 3. _And Jesus went up into a mount_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:1 _"_ He would have been private till the passover and refresh...
_After these things_ The history of between ten and eleven months is to be here supplied from the other evangelists; _Jesus went over the sea of Galilee_ Luke tells us (Luke 9:10) he went with his dis...
Five thousand fed. Matthew 14:13-21; MARK 6:32-44; LUKE 9:10....
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, available...
1-14 John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude, for its reference to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had upon the people. Even the common Jews expected the Messiah to...
Ver. 3,4. That is, the third passover after our Saviour had entered upon his public ministry; by which we may observe, that John omitted many things spoken and done by our Saviour in the year immediat...
John 6:3 And G1161 Jesus G2424 up G424 (G5627) on G1519 mountain G3735 and G2532 there G1563 sat...
‘And Jesus went up into the hill, and there he sat with his disciples.' In order to have time away from the sign-seekers Jesus took His disciples up into a hill. It is clear that He had been engaged...
THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND (JOHN 6:1). Up to the end of chapter 4 information given in John's Gospel apparently precedes the Galilean ministry of Jesus. However, from that point on the connecti...
John 6:3. AND JESUS WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN, AND THERE HE SAT WITH HIS DISCIPLES. He retired for the purpose of rest and prayer, and that he might instruct his disciples, the twelve who had just ret...
The sixth chapter continues the conflict of Jesus with the Jews, under the same point of view as that which we found to be prominent in chap. 5. As in that chapter Jesus was the fulfilment of the sabb...
INTO THE MOUNTAIN (εις το ορος). From the level of the Jordan valley up into the high hill on the eastern side. Mark (Mark 6:46) and Matthew (Matthew 14:23) mention that after the miracle Jesus wen...
John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were disease...
John 6:1. After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased...
John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were disease...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
John 6:2. _A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles._ But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick. Ch...
A LARGE CROWD FOLLOWED HIM. This is the only miracle recorded by all four Gospels. THE PASSOVER FEAST is the third since Jesus' baptism. John the Baptist is dead, and this may be as late as the third...
_After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee_ THE REASON FOR THIS JOURNEY I. AS REGARDS HIMSELF. 1. To avoid the fury of Herod who had just slain the Baptist. 2. That the anger of the scr...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:3 MOUNTAIN probably refers to the hill country east of the lake, known today as the Golan Heights (compare Matthew 14:23;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:1 The feeding of the 5,000 is another of Jesus’ messianic “signs” (see note on 2:11). It shows that Jesus can provide food in the wilderness, like God did for Israel in Moses’ day....
Jesus feeds five thousand Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15;...
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
_He saith unto Philip_, &c. Observe, this was the order of what was done. Christ beholding from the mountain the crowd which followed Him, came down to them and received them kindly, taught them, and...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand is recorded by all the Evangelists (see Matthew 14:13; Mark 6:30; Luke 9:10). It is an entirely different miracle from...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
John 6:15; Luke 6:12; Luke 6:13; Luke 9:28; Matthew 14:23;...
A mountain [τ ο ο ρ ο ς]. Strictly, the mountain. The writer speaks as one familiar with the district. He sat [ε κ θ η τ ο]. Imperfect : was sitting, when he saw the multitude approaching (ver. 5)....
Jesus went up — Before the people overtook him....
This miracle of our Saviour's feeding five thousand persons with five barley loaves and two small fishes, is recorded by all the four Evangelists, and several particulars therein are very remarkable....