AFTER THESE THINGS. This expression occurs seven times in John's Gospel; and "after this" three times. AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. Compare John 5:1. JESUS. See App-98. WENT. went away. OF. The Genitive of Relation. See App-17. WHICH IS THE SEA OF. This is the rendering of the Genitive "of "T... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. crowd. FOLLOWED. was following. saw. beheld. Greek _horao.App-133._ Not the same word as in verses: John 6:5; John 6:14; John 6:19; John 6:22; John 6:24; John 6:26; John 6:30; John 6:40; John 6:62, but same as in verses:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Now. PASSOVER. Greek. _pascha._ Aramaic. App-94. A. the. FEAST OF THE JEWS. See note on John 2:13. JEWS. See note on John 1:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, as in John 6:2. UNTO. toward. Greek _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: 16, 27. PHILI... [ Continue Reading ]
TO PROVE. proving, i.e. putting him to the test. knew. Greek. _oida._ App-132. See note on John 1:26. WOULD DO. was about to do.... [ Continue Reading ]
PENNYWORTH. See App-51. NOT. Greek _ou._ App-105. EVERY... LITTLE. Recorded only in John.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. ANDREW. App-141. He appears with Philip in John 1:44; John 12:22. SIMON PETER. App-141.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LAD. a little boy. Greek. _paidarion._ App-108. The "baker boy", with his basket of barley-loaves, is still to be seen where people congregate. FIVE. See App-10. BARLEY. Greek. _krithinos. Occurs only_ here and John 6:13. Compare Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42.Ezekiel 13:19. SMALL FISHES. Greek. _ops... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. App-123. SIT DOWN. recline. NOW, &c. See note on "and we", John 1:14. in. Greek _en._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE DISCIPLES, and the disciples. Om. by all the texts and Syriac. AND LIKEWISE. likewise also, as much as they would. Recorded only in John. WOULD. wished. App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. But when. FILLED. Not the same word as in John 6:26. REMAIN. remain over, as in John 6:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE, one for each of the apostles. BASKETS. Greek. _kophinos =_. wicker hand-basket, not the same as in Matthew 15:37; Mark 8:8. UNTO THEM THAT HAD EATEN. Recorded only by John. EATEN. fed. Greek. _bibrosko._ Occurs only here. Root of our "browse", to feed in the open.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore.. supplementary note by John. THOSE. the. SEEN. Greek. _eidon.App-133_. OF. TRUTH. truly. THAT PROPHET THAT SHOULD COME. the prophet who is coming. See John 1:21. WORLD. See note on John 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERCEIVED. See note on John 1:10. App-132. WOULD COME. were about to come. TO. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ they might. DEPARTED. withdrew. Greek. _anachoreo._ Only here in John.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN... COME. it became late. UNTO. Greek. _epi.App-104_. Not the same word as in verses: John 5:27; John 5:34; John 5:45, Joh 5:65.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SHIP. a fishing-smack. Greek. _ploion._ Not _ploiarion,_ as in John 6:22. WENT. were going. TOWARD. Greek. _eis._ App-104. CAPERNAUM. See App-169. WAS. had become. NOW. already. NOT. Greek. _ou,_ but all the texts read _oupo, "_ not yet". TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
AROSE. was rising. WIND. Greek. _anemos._ Only here in John. THAT BLEW. [that was] blowing.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE AND TWENTY... FURLONGS (App-51). About half way. see. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS I. I am [He]. Compare John 4:26; John 8:24; John 8:28; John 8:58; John 13:19; John 18:5; John 18:6; John 18:8; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Same word as [ Continue Reading ]
WILLINGLY RECEIVED. were willing to receive. AND... WENT. Recorded only by John. WAS. became. at. _Greek. epi._ App-104. LAND, or shore. Greek. _ge_. App-129. WHITHER. to (Greek. _eis))_ which. WENT. were bound.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. crowd. THE OTHER SIDE. The eastern. In John 6:26, the western; Compare John 6:39. NONE. Greek. _ouk._ App-105. OTHER. App-124. BOAT. dinghy. Greek. _ploiarion._ The one belonging to the _ploion_ of John 6:17 (which had gone away). _Ploiarion_ occurs only here, verses: John 6:23; John 6:24... [ Continue Reading ]
HOWBEIT. See note on "and we beheld", John 1:14. FROM. out from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. THE LORD. See App-98. B.C.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. themselves. Emphatic. TOOK SHIPPING. entered into (Greek. _eis, v._ 3) the boats _(ploia),_ but all the texts read _ploiaria._ TO. unto. Greek. _eis,_ as in John 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER SIDE. The western. In John 6:22, the eastern. RABBI. See App-98. CAMEST THOU HITHER. hast Thou got here.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY, VERILY. The eighth occurance. See note on John 1:51. THE MIRACLES. signs. No Art. WERE FILLED. satisfied. Not the same word as in John 6:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOUR NOT... BUT. Labour for the latter rather than for the former. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Degree). App-6. MEAT. Greek _brosis,_ the act of eating (Matthew 6:19; Matthew 6:20. "rust "). Not _broma =_ food (John 4:34). Compare also 1 Corinthians 8:4. ENDURETH. Greek. _meno._ Same as "dwe... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT SHALL _ WE_ DO... ?. What are we _to_ do... ? WORK THE WORKS. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-8. WORKS. See note on John 4:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED AND SAID. See App-122., and note on Deuteronomy 1:41. BELIEVE ON. See App-150., and note on John 1:7 SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. In consequence of the Lord's claim. WHAT SIGN, &c. The emphasis is on "Thou". sign See note on John 2:18. BELIEVE THEE. See App-150., and note on John 1:7. WHAT... ?. what [sign], &c..... [ Continue Reading ]
OUR FATHERS, &c. See Exodus 16:15. Over half. million able for war; probably three millions in all. Numbers 2:32. MANNA. the manna. AS. according as. HE GAVE, &c. Quoted from Psalms 78:24. This was their hope and belief; and this was the "sign "looked for in "the days of Messiah". So the _Midrash... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES. The fifth of seven references to Moses. See note on John 1:17. The Gemarists affirm that "manna was given for. the merits of Moses'". THAT BREAD. the [true] bread. MY FATHER. See note on John 2:16. TRUE. Greek. _alethinos._ See note on John 1:9, and App-175.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE, or "That". the world. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for its inhabitants. Used in John to show that Gentiles will be included in Israel's blessing.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. App-98. EVERMORE. Greek. _pantote,_ see notes on John 6:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. A form of expression peculiar to this Gospel. The Figure of speech _Metaphor_ (App-6), which carries over, and asserts that one thing is, i.e. _represents_ the other; thus differing from _Simile,_ and _Hypocatastasis_ (App-6). See App-159. Note the seven (App-10) examples in th... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ALSO HAVE SEEN ME. ye have seen Me also; with emphasis on "seen". AND. yet. BELIEVE. App-150.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. Whatever (Neut. singular) COME... COMETH. "come". reach, denoting arrival; "cometh" denotes the act and process. IN NO WISE. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. As "never" in John 6:35. CAST OUT. Referring to the Divine Supplement "send away" in Matthew 14:15. Put by Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_ (App-... [ Continue Reading ]
I CAME DOWN. I am come down. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. SENT. See note on John 1:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ALL. whatever, as in John 6:37. Compare John 6:44, and John 12:32. LOSE NOTHING. not (App-105) lose any of (Greek. _ek._ App-104) it. RAISE. App-178. AT THE LAST DAY. An expression found only in John (five times): here; verses: John 6:44; John 6:54; John 11:24; John 12:48. Compare 1 John 2:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON. Compare John 8:36. MAY. should. AND WILL. and (that). should.... [ Continue Reading ]
MURMURED. were murmuring. Greek _gonguzo,_ the Septuagint word for Israel's murmuring in the wilderness. See 1 Corinthians 10:10. Compare Jude 1:16. AT. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SAID. were saying.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG YOURSELVES. with (Greek. _meta.App-104_) one another.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN. No (App-105) one. CAN COME. is able to come (two verbs). EXCEPT. Greek. _ean me._ App-118 and App-105. DRAW HIM. Those thus _drawn_ are defined in John 6:37 as "all "those who are _given_ (without _exception)._ In John 12:32 the "all" are not thus defined, and denote "all" (without _disti... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS WRITTEN. It standeth written. THE PROPHETS. See Isaiah 54:13.Jeremiah 31:34. ALL. Here it denotes "all" without exception. See note on "draw him", John 6:44. TAUGHT OF GOD. In 1 Thessalonians 4:9 the words are compounded _(theodidaktos)._ OF. from. Greek. _para._ App-104., implying close i... [ Continue Reading ]
ANY MAN. any one. SAVE. Greek. _ei me. if_ not. App-118 and App-105. OF. from (beside). Greek. _para._ App-104. Implying past and present union. Compare John 7:29; John 9:16; John 9:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. possesseth. Not, of course, in himself (or he would never die), but by faith in Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. the.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID EAT. ate. ARE DEAD. died.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. any one: i.e. without distinction. THEREOF. of (Greek. _ek._ App-104.) it.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVING. See note on John 4:10. IF. For the condition, see App-118. THIS BREAD. this [One before you]. One of three passages in which "this" indicates the speaker. Compare John 2:19; Matthew 16:18. HE SHALL LIVE. in and by resurrection. See note on John 4:50; John 4:51; John 4:53. FOR EVER. unto... [ Continue Reading ]
STROVE. were contending. Greek. _machomai._ Only here, Act 7:26. 2 Timothy 2:24.James 4:2. An advance on "murmuring" in John 6:41. AMONG THEMSELVES. with (Greek. _pros._ App-104.) one another.... [ Continue Reading ]
EAT... DRINK, &c. The Hebrews used this ex pression with reference to _knowledge_ by the Figure of speech _Me tonomy_ (of the Subject), App-6, as in Exodus 24:11, where it is put for being alive; so eating and drinking denoted the operation of the mind in receiving and "inwardly digesting" truth or... [ Continue Reading ]
EATETH = FEEDETH on (so as to enjoy). Greek. _trogo,_ as in verses: John 6:56; John 6:57. Not the same word as in verses: John 6:5; John 6:13; John 6:23; John 5:26; John 5:31, Joh 5:49, Joh 5:50, Joh 5:53, Joh 5:58 -. See the two words in John 6:58. ETERNAL. Greek. _aionios._ App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
INDEED. truly. Greek. _alethos._ All the texts read _alethes_ (App-175) but not the Syriac.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELLETH. abideth. Same as "endureth "in John 6:27. See note on "abode" in John 1:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. According as. See John 13:15. 1Jn 2:6. 1 John 2:4. LIVE. See note on John 4:50. BY. through. Greek. _dia._ App-104.John 6:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS, &c. Compare John 6:50, and see on Matthew 16:18. LIVE FOR EVER. This is the opposite of death (John 6:49), and is to be only by and through resurrection (verses: John 6:39; John 6:40; John 6:44).... [ Continue Reading ]
SYNAGOGUE. See App-120.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY. Other than the twelve (John 6:70). THIS IS AN HARD SAYING. The emphasis is on "hard" by the Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6). SAYING. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. this. OFFEND. cause to stumble. YOU? Emph.; i.e. you, as well as those Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT AND IF, &C.? The _Apodosis_ which is wanting (by _Ellipsis)_ must be supplied thus: "If" (as in John 6:51) therefore ye should behold the Son of man ascending up where He was before [will ye be offended then]? " ASCEND. ascending.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT. App-101. QUICKENETH. giveth life. Greek. _zoopoieo._ See note on John 5:21. THE FLESH. See note on John 1:13. NOTHING. Greek. _ouk ouden. A_ double negative. words. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. SPEAK. have spoken, and do speak. SPIRIT. See App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE BEGINNING. First occurance of _"ex arches"_ in John. As in John 1:1, the _Ellipsis_ of dependent noun must be supplied here, and in the only other occurrence (John 16:4): "from the beginning [of the Lord's ministry]". For the occurance of _arche_ with other prepositions, see notes on John 1... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. For this cause. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.John 6:2; John 6:2) _touto._... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT TIME. this cause. It is the same cause to this day. back. Greek. _eis ta opiso._ WALKED. walked about. NO MORE. Compound of _ou._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY?. Surely ye also do not (Greek. _me._ App-105) wish (App-102) to go away? Implying. negative answer,... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVE. have believed. App-150. ARE SURE. have got to know. Greek. _ginosko_ See App-132. See note on John 1:10. THAT CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. THE SON OF... GOD. Thus, the second portion of the Lords ministry ends with. similar declaration on the part of Simon Peter, as in Matthew 16:16, tho... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE. NOT CHOSEN. Did. not choose. Compare 13. 14, 15, 16, 19. Luke 6:13. TWELVE. the twelve. See App-141.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SPAKE. But, or Now He was speaking. JUDAS. App-141. ISCARIOT. a man of Kerioth, which was in Judah (Joshua 15:25). Kerioth now probably Khan Kureitin. THE SON OF SIMON. So designated only here, John 12:4; John 12:13; John 12:2; John 12:26. The only apostle not. Galilean. Compare John 12:6. THA... [ Continue Reading ]