Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
John 6:28
Verse 28. That we might work the works of God?] That is, Divine works, or such as God can approve.
Verse 28. That we might work the works of God?] That is, Divine works, or such as God can approve.
WHAT SHALL WE DO, THAT WE MIGHT WORK THE WORKS OF GOD? - That is, such things as God will approve. This was the earnest inquiry of men who were seeking to be saved. They had crossed the Sea of Tiberia...
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...
THE DESIRE FOR A SIGN: THE TRUE MANNA. After raising their expectations He had refused to go forward. In answer to their surprise at finding Him so soon across the lake He tells them why. Their hopes...
WHAT SHALL WE DO, THAT WE MIGHT WORK THE WORKS OF GOD. These seekers of Christ are eager for more information. He had bidden them work for the food of eternal life. What works then shall they do that...
They said to him: "What are we to do to work the works of God?" Jesus answered: "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom he has sent." When Jesus spoke about the works of God, the Jews immedi...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
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....
The Discourse on the Son as the Support of Life God's revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Th...
_Then said they They said_ THEREFORE. _What shall we do, that we might work_ Better, _what_ MUST _we do that we_ MAY _work_. They see that His words have a moral meaning; they are to do works pleasin...
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...
_Distinction between the material bread and the Spiritual Bread _...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SUPPORT OF LIFE God’s revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Thi...
ΤΊ ΠΟΙΩ͂ΜΕΝ …; _What_ MUST _we do_ (John 6:5) _that we_ MAY _work_? Perhaps they understood Him to mean that they must _earn_ what they desire; certainly they see that Christ’s words have a moral mean...
par Ver 28. Then said they to him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29. Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent. 30. T...
_TEACHING ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE -- JOHN 6:22-65:_ On the next day the multitude realized that Jesus was gone and they went to find Him. The people asked Jesus how or when He got to Capernaum. Jesus...
ΠΟΙΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act., см._ John 6:10. Совещательный _conj._, "что нам делать?" ΈΡΓΑΖΏΜΕΘΑ _praes. conj. med. (dep.), см._ John 6:27. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель. Здесь в значении: "выполн...
DISCOURSE: 1637 THE NECESSITY OF FAITH IN CHRIST John 6:28. _Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God...
THEN SAID THEY—WHAT SHALL WE DO, &C.— The metaphors of meat and drink being very familiar to the Jews, and frequently used in their writings to signify wisdom, knowledge, and grace, (see Proverbs 9:1....
THE MISTAKEN SEARCH _Text 6:22-29_ 22 On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disci...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:28-40 Below we give an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— It is both important and instructive to observe the connection between John 5 and Jo...
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHAT SHALL WE DO, THAT WE MIGHT WORK THE WORKS OF GOD? - such works, that is, as God will ap...
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...
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...
THE WORKS OF GOD] i.e. works well-pleasing to God....
DISCOURSE ON THE BREAD OF LIFE. As in John 4 Jesus is the giver of 'living water,' so here He is the 'living bread' or 'manna' of the soul. Such language had been to some extent prepared for by OT. re...
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...
This verse confirms the meaning given to the preceding words. They understand them in that sense. There are works for them to do which are appointed of God. What shall they do that they may work these...
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...
INSINCERE SEEKERS OF TRUTH John 6:22-29 The mention in John 6:23 of Christ's giving thanks, recalls the vivid impression made by that solemn act, and the great importance which those who witnessed it...
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...
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the (f) works of God? (f) Which please God: for they think that everlasting life depends upon the condition of fulfilling the law: theref...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
The brief dialogue which follows bears upon the true _means_ of obtaining this really desirable good, the food which abides; it is the true mode of ἐργάζεσθαι (_working_). VV. 28, 29. “ _They said th...
1. VV. 25-40. This first phase is made up of four brief dialogues, each including a question of the Jews and an answer of Jesus. The last of these answers is more fully developed; Jesus expresses in...
II. THE DISCOURSES: JOHN 6:22-65. This section contains, first an historical introduction (John 6:22-24), then a series of conversations and discourses (John 6:25-65)....
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with h...
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 WORK OF FAITH_ ‘Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath se...
28_. What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? _The multitude understood well enough that Christ had exhorted them to aim at something higher than the conveniences of the present life, and...
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...
THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM,.... Understanding by what he said, that they must labour and work, though not for perishing food, yet for durable food; and as they imagined, in order to obtain eternal life b...
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Ver. 28. _That we might work_] We would still be working, weaving a web of righteousness of our own, spinning a thread...
_Then said they_ Desiring to appear willing to receive his instructions, as well as his bounties; _What shall we do that we may work the works of God?_ Works pleasing to God, so as to secure his favou...
WORK THE WORKS OF GOD; they have reference to the exhortation just given by the Saviour, "Labor-for that meat which endureth." THE WORKS OF GOD; such as he required, and such as would secure the endur...
THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHAT SHALL WE DO THAT WE MIGHT WORK THE WORKS OF GOD?...
The work of God:...
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...
28-35 Constant exercise of faith in Christ, is the most important and difficult part of the obedience required from us, as sinners seeking salvation. When by his grace we are enabled to live a life o...
They easily understood that our Saviour did not speak of any worldly food, by his opposing the labour he mentions, and persuadeth for, to a labour for the world; but still they did not understand what...
John 6:28 Then G3767 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 Him G846 What G5101 do G4160 (G5719) (G56
WORDS TO THE CROWDS (JOHN 6:26). Jesus' initial words were spoken to the crowds who had followed Him. These were the more simple folk whose thoughts were on more food, and miraculous provision. They w...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, EATING HIS FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD (JOHN 6:26). The narrative that follows must be carefully divided up if it is to be properly understood. There are in fact three clearly dif...
‘They said therefore to him, “What must we do that we might work the works of God?” ' The minds of His listeners were momentarily diverted. “What shall we do to in order to carry out God's works?”, t...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
John 6:28. THEY SAID THEREFORE UNTO HIM, WHAT MUST WE DO, THAT WE MAY WORK THE WORKS OF GOD? Our Lord's answer seems to have been but little comprehended by ‘the multitude.' They reply with an earnest...
WHAT MUST WE DO? (Τ ποιωμεν;). Present active deliberative subjunctive of ποιεω, "What are we to do as a habit?" For the aorist subjunctive (ποιησωμεν) in a like question for a single act see Luke 3...
John 6:28 Difficulties respecting Justification by Faith I. It is an important rule to seek for the most exact language on any subject in those writings which treat of it generally and directly, rath...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
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...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
These people had crossed the Sea of Galilee, and gone to Capernaum, «seeking for Jesus.» It seemed a very hopeful sign that they should be willing to make such efforts to find Christ, but see how the...
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...
IN ORDER TO DO GOD'S WORKS. Jesus had told them: _"Work for the food that lasts for eternal life._ " They ask how to go about doing this....
_Then they said unto Him, what shall we do that we might work the works of God_ SYNAGOGUE QUESTIONING I. THE SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE AND UNBELIEF OF THE NATURAL MAN. 1. When our Lord bade His hearers,...
_The day following_ JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE I. OUR LORD’S AVOWAL OF HIS DIVINE NATURE AND HIS HEAVENLY ERRAND. More than thirty times in this one discourse does He use the personal pronouns “Me” and...
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....
_They said_, &c. Cyril thinks that the Jews asked this from arrogance, as being angry with Christ because He would have reproved them as being careless about their souls. As though they said, "Thou re...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:22. NONE OTHER BOAT, RATHER LITTLE SHIP (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been present when...
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...
Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 9:6; Deuteronomy 5:27; Jeremiah 42:20;...
What shall we do? [τ ι π ο ι ο υ μ ε ν]. Literally, what do we do? The best texts read poiwmen, what are we to do? Works. The question is from the legal standpoint, works being regarded as the condit...
The works of God — Works pleasing to God....
Here the Jews, who were strict observers of the ceremonial law of Moses, and rested thereupon for salvation, inquire of our Saviour what they should do that they might please God? Christ directs them...