John 6:9
7 Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
10 “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
11 Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
- KJV
- There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
- WEB
- “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
- ASV
- There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
- DARBY
- There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?
- BLB
- “Here is a little boy who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are these for so many?”
- ÅB
- Her er en liten gutt som har fem byggbrød og to småfisker; men hva er det til så mange?
- OTB
- "Det er en gutt her med fem byggbrød og to fisker, men hva er det til så mange?"
- B1930
- Her er en liten gutt som har fem byggbrød og to småfisker; men hvad er det til så mange?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 4:42–44
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
Read in contextMatthew 14:17
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
Read in contextMark 6:38
“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
Read in contextLuke 9:13
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:19
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Read in contextMatthew 16:9
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Read in contextMark 8:19
When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
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