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John 6:1
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 4036, ad 32
these: Matthew 14:13, Matthew 14:15-21, Mark 6:31, Mark 6:32, Mark 6:34, Mark 6:35-44, Luke 9:10-12, Luke 9:13-17
the sea: Numbers 34:11, Joshua 12:3, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 15:29, Luke 5:1
which: John 6:23, John 21:1
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 39:11 - on the east Mark 4:35 - Let Luke 8:22 - that Luke 9:12 - when
Gill's Notes on the Bible
After these things,.... After Christ's curing the man at Bethesda's pool, and the vindication of himself for doing it or the sabbath day, and for asserting his equality with God; near a year after these things: for these were done at the feast of the passover, and now it was near another; and what is related here, was after the death of John the Baptist, and when the disciples had returned from preaching in the several cities and towns, where Christ afterwards went, and had given an account of their success; see Matthew 14:12. Quickly after the passover was ended, Christ departed from Jerusalem, and went into Galilee, and preached in the several cities and towns in those parts, and wrought many miracles: and after these things, in process of time,
Jesus went over the sea of Galilee; the same with the lake of Gennesaret, Luke 5:1;
which is [the sea] of Tiberias; and is frequently so called by the Jewish writers x, who often make mention of טבריה ימה של, "the sea of Tiberias"; and by other writers, it is called the lake of Tiberias y; Pliny, who calls it the lake of Genesara z, says,
"it was sixteen miles long, and six broad, and was beset with very pleasant towns; on the east were Julias and Hippo, and on the south Tarichea, by which name some call the lake, and on the west Tiberias, wholesome for the hot waters.''
And these are the waters which the Jews call דימוסין דטבריא, or,
חמי, the hot baths of Tiberias a; and from the city of Tiberias built by Herod, and called so in honour of Tiberius Caesar, the sea took its name.
x T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 81. 2. & Bava Bathra, fol. 74. 2. Becorot, fol. 55. 1. Megilla, fol. 5. 2. & 6. 1. Moed. Katon, fol. 18. 2. & T. Hieros. Kilaim, fol. 32. 3. & Erubin, fol. 25. 2. y Solin, c. 48. Pausan. l. 5. p. 298. z Lib. 5. c. 15. a T. Hieros. Peah, fol 21. 2. & Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. Kiddushin, fol. 61. 1. R. Benj. Itinerar. p. 53.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Jesus went over - Went to the east side of the sea. The place to which he went was Bethsaida, Luke 9:10. The account of this miracle of feeding the five thousand is recorded also in Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17. John has added a few circumstances omitted by the other evangelists.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VI.
Jesus passes the sea of Tiberias, and a great multitude follow
him, 1-4.
He feeds five thousand with five loaves, and two fishes,
5-13.
They acknowledge him to be the prophet that should come into
the world, 14.
They purpose to force him to become their king; and he withdraws
from the multitude, 15.
The disciples take ship, and go towards Capernaum, and are
overtaken with a storm, 16-18.
Christ comes to them, walking upon the water, 19-21.
The people take boats and follow him, 22-24.
He reproves their fleshly motives, 25-27.
They profess a desire to be instructed, 28.
Christ preaches to them, and shows them that he is the bread of
life, and that they who reject him are without excuse, 29-40.
They are offended, and cavil, 41, 42.
He asserts and illustrates his foregoing discourse, 43-51.
They again cavil, and Christ gives farther explanations, 52-59.
Several of the disciples are stumbled at his assertion, that
unless they ate his flesh and drank his blood they could not
have life, 60.
He shows them that his words are to be spiritually understood,
61-65.
Several of them withdraw from him, 66.
He questions the twelve, whether they also were disposed to
forsake him, and Peter answers for the whole, 67-69.
Christ exposes the perfidy of Judas, 70, 71.
NOTES ON CHAP. VI.
Verse John 6:1. After these things — This is a sort of indefinite expression, from which me can gather nothing relative to the time in which these things happened. It refers no doubt to transactions in the preceding year.
Jesus went over the sea of Galilee — Or, as some translate the words, by the side of the sea of Galilee. From Luke, Luke 9:10, we learn that this was a desert place in the vicinity of Bethsaida. The sea of Galilee, Genesaret, and Tiberias, are the same in the New Testament with the sea of Cinnereth in the Old. Tiberias was a city in Galilee, situated on the western side of the lake. Job 6:22; Job 6:22.
