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The Book of John - Chapter 6:1-15 - (ESV)

Updated: Sep 23, 2023

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand - {Interlinear <Greek>}

6:1 - After {Μετὰ<meta>} this {ταῦτα<houtos>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} went away {ἀπῆλθεν<aperchomai>} to the other side {πέραν<peran>} of → the {τῆς <ho>} Sea {θαλάσσης<thalassa>} of → Galilee, {τῆς Γαλιλαίας<ho Galilaia>} which • is • the • Sea • of → Tiberias. {τῆς Τιβεριάδος.<hoTiberias>}

6:2 - And {δὲ<de>} a → large {πολύς,<polys>} crowd {ὄχλος<ochlos>} was → following {ἠκολούθει<akoloutheō>} him, {αὐτῷ<autos>} because {ὅτι<hoti>} they → saw {ἑώρων<horaō>} the {τὰ<ho>} signs {σημεῖα<sēmeion>} that {ἃ<hos>} he → was → doing {ἐποίει<poieō>} on {ἐπὶ<epi>} the {τῶν<ho>} sick. {ἀσθενούντων.<astheneō>}

6:3 - • {δὲ<de>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} went up {ἀνῆλθεν<anerchomai>} on {εἰς <eis>} the {τὸ<ho>} mountain, {ὄρος<oros>} and {καὶ<kai>} there {ἐκεῖ<ekei>} he → sat {ἐκάθητο<kathēmai>} down ← with {μετὰ<meta>} his {αὐτοῦ.<autos>} disciples. {τῶν μαθητῶν <homathētēs>}

6:4 - Now {δὲ<de>} the {τὸ<ho>} Passover, {πάσχα<pascha>} the {ἡ<ho>} feast {ἑορτὴ<heortē>} of → the {τῶν<ho>} Jews, {Ἰουδαίων.<Ioudaios>} was {ἦν<eimi>} at hand. {ἐγγὺς <engys>}

6:5 - Lifting up {Ἐπάρας<epairō>} his • eyes, {τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς<ho ophthalmos>} then, {οὖν<oun>} and {καὶ<kai>} seeing {θεασάμενος<theaomai>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} a → large {πολὺς<polys>} crowd {ὄχλος<ochlos>} was → coming {ἔρχεται<erchomai>} toward {πρὸς<pros>} him, {αὐτὸν<autos>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} said {λέγει <legō>} to {πρὸς<pros>} Philip, {Φίλιππον·<Philippos>} “Where {πόθεν<pothen>} are → we → to → buy {ἀγοράσωμεν<agorazō>} bread, {ἄρτους,<artos>} so that {ἵνα <hina>} these {οὗτοι;<houtos>} people ← may → eat?” {φάγωσιν<esthiō>}

6:6 - He → said {ἔλεγεν<legō>} this {τοῦτο<houtos>} • {δὲ<de>} to → test {πειράζων <peirazō>} him, {αὐτόν·<autos>} for {γὰρ<gar>} he → himself {αὐτὸς<autos>} knew {ᾔδει <oida>} what {τί<tis>} he → would {ἔμελλεν<mellō>} do. {ποιεῖν.<poieō>}

6:7 - Philip {Φίλιππος·<Philippos>} answered {ἀπεκρίθη<apokrinomai>} him, {αὐτῷ <autos>} “Two hundred {διακοσίων<diakosioi>} denarii {δηναρίων<dēnarion>} worth ← of • bread {ἄρτοι<artos>] would → not {οὐκ<ou>} be → enough {ἀρκοῦσιν<arkeō>} for • each {ἕκαστος<hekastos>} of • them {αὐτοῖς<autos>} to {ἵνα<hina>} get {λάβῃ.<lambanō>} a {τι <tis>} little.” {βραχύ<brachys>}

6:8 - One {εἷς<heis>} of {ἐκ<ek>} his {αὐτοῦ,<autos>} disciples, {τῶν μαθητῶν<ho mathētēs>} Andrew, {Ἀνδρέας<Andreas>} Simon {Σίμωνος<Simōn>} Peter’s {Πέτρου· <Petros>} brother, {ὁ ἀδελφὸς<ho adelphos>} said {Λέγει<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ <autos>}

6:9 - “There → is {ἔστιν<eimi>} a → boy {παιδάριον<paidarion>} here {ὧδε<hōde>} who {ὃς<hos>} has {ἔχει<echō>} five {πέντε<pente>} barley {κριθίνους<krithinos>} loaves {ἄρτους<artos>} and {καὶ<kai>} two {δύο<dyo>} fish, {ὀψάρια·<opsarion>} but {ἀλλὰ<alla>} what {τί<tis>} are {ἐστιν<eimi>} they {ταῦτα<houtos>} for {εἰς<eis>} so many?” {τοσούτους; <tosoutos>}

6:10 - Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς·<ho Iēsous>} said, {εἶπεν<legō>} “Have {ποιήσατε<poieō>} the {τοὺς<ho>} people {ἀνθρώπους<anthrōpos>} sit down.” {ἀναπεσεῖν.<anapiptō>} Now {δὲ<de>} there → was {ἦν<eimi>} much {πολὺς<polys>} grass {χόρτος <chortos>} in {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} place. {τόπῳ.<topos>} So {οὖν<oun>} the {οἱ <ho>} men {ἄνδρες<anēr>} sat down, {ἀνέπεσαν<anapiptō>} about {ὡς<hōs>} five thousand {πεντακισχίλιοι.<pentakischilioi>} in → number. {τὸν ἀριθμὸν<ho arithmos>}

6:11 - Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} then {οὖν<oun>} took {ἔλαβεν<lambanō>} the {τοὺς<ho>} loaves, {ἄρτους<artos>} and <καὶ<kai>} when → he → had → given → thanks, {εὐχαριστήσας<eucharisteō>} he → distributed {διέδωκεν<diadidōmi>} them • to those who {τοῖς<ho>} were → seated. {ἀνακειμένοις,<anakeimai>} So {ὁμοίως<homoiōs>} also {καὶ<kai>} • {ἐκ<ek>} the {τῶν<ho>} fish, {ὀψαρίων <opsarion>} as much as {ὅσον<hosos>} they → wanted. {ἤθελον.<thelō>}

6:12 - And {δὲ<de>} when {ὡς<hōs>} they → had → eaten → their → fill, {ἐνεπλήσθησαν <empimplēmi>} he → told {λέγει<legō>} his {αὐτοῦ·<autos>} disciples, {τοῖς<μαθηταῖς <ho mathētēs>} “Gather up {συναγάγετε<synagō>} the {τὰ<ho>} left over {περισσεύσαντα<perisseuō>} fragments, {κλάσματα<klasma>} that {ἵνα<hina>} nothing {μή τι<mē tis>} may → be → lost.” {ἀπόληται.<apollymi>}

6:13 - So {οὖν<oun>} they gathered {συνήγαγον<synagō>} them • up ← and {καὶ<kai>} filled {ἐγέμισαν<gemizō>} twelve {δώδεκα<dōdeka>} baskets {κοφίνους <kophinos>} with → fragments {κλασμάτων<klasma>} from {ἐκ<ek>} the {τῶν<ho>} five {πέντε<pente>} barley {τῶν κριθίνων<ho krithinos>} loaves {ἄρτων<artos>} • {ἃ<hos>} left {ἐπερίσσευσαν<perisseuō>} by those who {τοῖς<ho>} had → eaten. {βεβρωκόσιν.<bibrōskō>}

6:14 - When → the {Οἱ<ho>} • {οὖν<oun>} people {ἄνθρωποι<anthrōpos>} saw {ἰδόντες<horaō>} the → sign {σημεῖον<sēmeion>} that {ὃ<hos>} he → had → done, {ἐποίησεν<poieō>} they → said, {ἔλεγον<legō>“ὅτι<hoti>} This {οὗτός<houtos>} is {ἐστιν<eimi>} indeed {ἀληθῶς<alēthōs>} the {ὁ<ho>} Prophet {προφήτης <prophētēs>} who {ὁ<ho>} is → to → come {ἐρχόμενος<erchomai>} into {εἰς<eis>} the {τὸν<ho>} world!” {κόσμον. <kosmos>}

6:15 - Perceiving {γνοὺς<ginōskō>} then {οὖν<oun>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} they were about {μέλλουσιν<mellō>} to → come {ἔρχεσθαι<erchomai>} and {καὶ<kai>} take → him {αὐτὸν<autos>} by force {ἁρπάζειν<harpazō>} to {ἵνα<hina>} make {ποιήσωσιν <poieō>} him {αὐτὸν<autos>} king, {βασιλέα<basileus>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<ēsous>} withdrew {ἀνεχώρησεν<anachōreō>} again {πάλιν<pal>} into {εἰς<eis>} the {τὸ<ho>} mountain {ὄρος<oros>} by himself. {αὐτὸς μόνος.<autos monos>}

John 6:1–15

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. Compare Matt. 14:13–21; Mark 6:30–44; Luke 9:10–17.

John 6:1–21

John 6 is the longest chapter in the New Testament. It provides a rich redemptive-historical perspective on Moses and the central saving act of God in Israel’s history—the exodus. John wants us to see Jesus as the greater Moses and the gospel as the greatest exodus of all. Just as Moses led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt into the Land of Promise, so Jesus came to lead the pan-national family of God on the ultimate exodus—a journey out of sin and death into the quintessential Promised Land—the new heaven and new earth (Rev. 21:1–5).

Just as the first exodus involved a crisis at sea and the need for supernatural deliverance (Ex. 13:17–14:29), so Jesus responded to his fear-filled disciples, walking to them on the Sea of Galilee, securing their safe delivery to the other side.

The timing of the feeding of the 5,000 is not coincidental. It occurred just before Passover—the meal that inaugurated Israel’s journey through the wilderness. Indeed, Jesus didn’t come merely to provide elements for the Passover meal but to be the Passover meal himself. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). On him we feed and are nourished.

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John 6:1–15

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John 6:1–21

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The Book of John - Chapter 6:1-15 - (ESV)

John 6:1–15

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