Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
John 6:15
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.
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.
JOHN 6:15 avnecw,rhsen {A} While it is possible that avnecw,rhsen (a word frequently used by Matthew but which occurs nowhere else in John) may have been substituted by copyists for feu,gei (because...
Verse John 6:15. _TAKE HIM BY FORCE, TO MAKE HIM A KING_] The Jews had often suffered by famine in those times in which their enemies were permitted to prevail over them; but, finding that Jesus had...
WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED ... - They were satisfied by the miracle that he was the Messiah. They supposed that the Messiah was to be a temporal prince. They saw that Jesus was retiring, unambitious, and in...
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...
AFTER THE MIRACLE: THE WALKING ON THE SEA. Though the details are obscure, Jn. gives the key to the situation by recording the dangerous enthusiasm of the crowds, as later on he shows the dangers whic...
PERCEIVED THAT THEY WOULD COME AND TAKE HIM BY FORCE, AND MAKE HIM. KING. Convinced that he was Christ, they sought to proclaim him king, to raise his standard, and establish his government. This mira...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
So when the men had seen the sign which he had done, they said: "Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world." So Jesus, aware that they were going to come and seize him to make him king,...
_take him by force_ Carry Him up to Jerusalem and proclaim Him king at the Passover. This again is peculiar to S. John. In his Epic he points out how the enmity of Christ's foes increases; and nothing...
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...
ΜΈΛΛΟΥΣΙΝ. ARE ABOUT TO (John 6:6) _take Him by force and_ MAKE HIM KING; carry Him, whether He will or no, to Jerusalem and proclaim Him king at the Passover. They will have a σωτηρία according to th...
THE SIGN ON THE LAND; FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND...
par Ver 15. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. 16. And when even was now come, his discipl...
_JESUS WALKED ON THE WATER -- JOHN 6:15-21_ : The people were determined to make Jesus an earthly king. However, that was not His purpose in coming to this earth. Jesus' kingdom is a spiritual kingdom...
ΓΝΟΎΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Причинное _part._ с _aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие. Иисус знал заранее об их будущих действиях; таким образом, Он постарался предотвратит...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE PERCEIVED— The people thus fed by miracle were unspeakablyastonished; for indeed it was wonderful to see the food extending itself among their hands. In the height of their transp...
REACTION OF THE MULTITUDES _Text 6:14-15_ 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world. 15 Jesus therefore perceivi...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:14-27 We begin with our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The opening verses of the passage before us contain the sequel to what is...
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...
15 Exactly a year later (Joh_12:12-16) He presented Himself to them as their King. This effort to make Him King was premature and arose from the fact that they had not comprehended the significance of...
6:15 to (f-8) Or 'about to.'...
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...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE PERCEIVED.... — St. John has told us of the effect of the sign on the multitude. He knows also the reason of Christ’s retirement, while St. Matthew and St. Mark only state the fac...
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...
For Jesus perceived that they were on the point of coming and carrying Him off to make Him king. ἁρπάζειν, to snatch suddenly and forcibly (derived from the swoop of the falcon, the ἅρπη; hence, the H...
_The immediate impression made by the miracle and the consequent movements of Jesus and the crowd_....
JESUS BRINGS PEACE TO TROUBLED HEARTS John 6:15-21 The most conclusive proof that our Lord was no weak fanatic or enthusiast is afforded by the calm temper which refused the eager impulse of the crow...
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...
(2) When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. (2) Not only is Christ not delighted by a preposter...
St. John here corrects what relates to Jesus, and then what relates to the disciples. For if we attend to the order of time, the apostles got into the boat before Jesus went to the mountain. But, in m...
JESUS WALKS UPON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; & John 6:15-21. Mark: “And immediately He constrained His disciples to go into the ship, and to proceed before Him to the other side, toward...
“ _The people therefore, having seen the miracle which He did_, _said: This is of a truth the prophet that should come into the world._ 15. _Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and t...
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. (16) And when even was now come, his disciples went down...
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...
_THE KING AND THE KINGDOM_ ‘Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take Him by force, to make Him king, withdrew again into the mountain Himself alone.’ John 6:15 (R.V.) It was...
15._To make him a king. _When those men intended to give to Christ the title and honor of king, there was some ground for what they did. But they erred egregiously in taking upon themselves the libert...
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 THEREFORE PERCEIVED,.... As being the omniscient God, who knew their hearts, and the secret thoughts and purposes of them; or, as man, understood by their words and gestures: THAT THEY WOU...
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. Ver. 15. _Take him by force_] Superstition will needs o...
_When Jesus perceived_ Through the knowledge which he had of their thoughts and intentions; _that they would come and take him by force_ That they had formed a purpose of doing so; _to make him a king...
MAKE HIM A KING; a temporal sovereign, such as they expected their Messiah would be....
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE PERCEIVED THAT THEY WOULD COME AND TAKE HIM BY FORCE TO MAKE HIM A KING, HE DEPARTED AGAIN INTO A MOUNTAIN, HIMSELF ALONE....
CHRIST WALKS ON THE SEA. John 6:15...
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...
15-21 Here were Christ's disciples in the way of duty, and Christ was praying for them; yet they were in distress. There may be perils and afflictions of this present time, where there is an interest...
OLBGrk; This motion of Christ into a mountain alone, after he had sent away the multitude, (thus miraculously fed), and after that his disciples had taken ship again, is mentioned by two other of the...
Tertullian On Idolatry He shrank back from being made a king,[148]...
John 6:15 Therefore G3767 Jesus G2424 perceived G1097 (G5631) that G3754 about G3195 (G5719) come G2064 ...
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 6:15. JESUS THEREFORE PERCEIVING THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO COME AND CARRY HIM OFF TO MAKE HIM KING, RETIRED AGAIN INTO THE MOUNTAIN HIMSELF ALONE. The thought of ‘Messiah' is the connecting link be...
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...
PERCEIVING (γνους). Second aorist active participle of γινωσκω. It was not hard for Christ to read the mind of this excited mob.THEY WERE ABOUT (μελλουσιν). Present active indicative of μελλω. Pr...
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...
John 6:14. _Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come an...
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...
TO MAKE HIM KING BY FORCE. If Jesus had intended to become a political king, this was his opportunity! He frustrates their plans by dismissing his disciples and going off by himself into the hills....
_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...
_Then those men when they had seen the miracle_ THE SEQUEL TO THE MIRACLE I. THE EFFECT OF THE MIRACLE ON THE MIND OF THE MULTITUDE. They, like all Jews of the time, were expecting the Prophet like u...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:15 TO MAKE HIM KING. Jesus did not want to lead a rebellion against the Roman authorities. The people did not understand that Jesus’ kingship was spiritual in nature (see...
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...
Hebrews 4:13; John 12:12; John 12:13; John 18:36; John 2:24;...
Would come [μ ε λ λ ο υ σ ι ν ε ρ χ ε σ θ α ι]. Literally, are about to come. Take by force [α ρ π α ζ ε ι ν]. See on Matthew 11:12. A king. Better, as Rev., king; over themselves. Himself alone [α...
He retired to the mountain alone — Having ordered his disciples to cross over the lake....
Here we have observable, The wonderful effect of the foregoing miracle; the people seeing so many thousands fed with five loaves, were so transported, that they concluded that Jesus was certainly the...