Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 6:5
Jesus saith to Philip — Perhaps he had the care of providing victuals for the family of the apostles.
Jesus saith to Philip — Perhaps he had the care of providing victuals for the family of the apostles.
Verse John 6:5. _SAW A GREAT COMPANY_] See this miracle explained at large on Matthew 14:13, c. Mark 6:31, c. Luke 9:10, c. In speaking of the pa
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...
WHEN JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND SAW. GREAT COMPANY. The other historians tell us that he was filled with compassion. They were destitute of teachers. They had no guides but the blind Scribes and Ph...
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...
WHEN... LIFTED UP. having lifted up. THEN. therefore. Compare John 6:15, and see App-176. SAW = having seen. Greek. _theaomai,_ App-133. A GREAT... COME. that. great... is coming. COMPANY. crowd,...
_When Jesus then_, &c. Better, JESUS THEREFORE HAVING LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND SEEN THAT A GREAT MULTITUDE COMETH. _he saith unto Philip_ Why Philip? Because he was nearest to Him; or because his forwar...
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...
ἜΡΧΕΤΑΙ. IS COMING; present of graphic description. The quiet which He sought is being invaded; yet He welcomes the opportunity and at once surrenders His rest to His Father’s work, as in the case of...
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...
ΈΠΆΡΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΠΑΊΡΩ (G1869) поднимать. Temp, или сопутств. _part. Aor._ указывает на действие, предшествующее действию основного гл. ΘΕΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΘΕΆΟΜΑΙ (G230...
HE SAITH UNTO PHILIP,— Our Lord addresses himself to Philip particularly, because, he was a native of Bethsaida, and best acquainted with that country. See Ch. John 1:44 and on Luke 9:10....
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...
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...
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...
The converse with Philip is also peculiar to this Gospel. (Comp. John 14:8 _et seq._) The impression of the immediate antecedents of the miracle is different from, but not opposed to, that of the othe...
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...
πολὺς ὄχλος ἔρχεται, not the same crowd as was mentioned in John 6:2, else the article would have been inserted, but a Passover caravan coming from some other direction, and probably guided to Jesus'...
_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...
(1) 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? (1) They that follow Christ sometimes hunger, but...
Our Lord first said, (Matthew xiv. 16.) _Give them to eat; but afterwards, accommodating himself to the weakness of his disciples, he says: Whence shall we buy bread? So there is no contradiction._...
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
“ _Jesus therefore, lifting up His eyes and seeing a great multitude coming to Him, says to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?_ 6. _Now this he said to prove him; for_, _as for him...
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...
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...
_CHRIST AND THE GREAT COMPANY_ ‘And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up His eyes, and saw a great company come unto Him, Be saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy b...
5._He saith to Philip. _What we here read as having been _said to Philip _alone, the other Evangelists tell us, was said to all. But there is no inconsistency in this; for it is probable that _Philip...
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...
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 CO...
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? Ver. 5. _He saith unto Philip_] The people took no th...
_When Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him_ That is, gathered round him; _he saith unto Philip_ Namely, after he had first taught the people many things, as we learn from the...
Five thousand fed. Matthew 14:13-21; MARK 6:32-44; LUKE 9:10....
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?...
Jesus tests the faith of the disciples:...
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...
This is apparently the same history which we have met with in all the former three evangelists. MATTHEW 14:15 MARK 6:35 LUKE 9:10. See the differing circumstances considered in our annotations on thos...
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‘Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a huge crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, “How are we to buy bread that these may eat?” ' The ‘coming' must be seen as over a period of tim...
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 6:5. JESUS THEREFORE HAVING LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND HAVING SEEN THAT A GREAT MULTITUDE COMETH UNTO HIM. The place in which the multitudes were gathering was a desert plain at the foot of the hill...
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...
LIFTING UP HIS EYES (επαρας τους οφθαλμους). First aorist active participle of επαιρω. See the same phrase in John 4:35 where it is also followed by θεαομα; John 11:41; John 17:1;...
John 6:5 The Gospel Feast I. From the beginning the greatest rite of religion has been a feast; the partaking of God's bounties, in the way of nature, has been consecrated to a more immediate commun...
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...
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 6:1 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....
_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 4:35; Luke 9:12; Luke 9:13; Mark 6:34; Mark 6:35;...
Come [ε ρ χ ε τ α ι]. Better, is coming. Unto Him [π ρ ο ς] is rather toward. Bread [α ρ τ ο υ ς]. Properly, loaves. See on Matthew 4:1....