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Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)
John 6:5
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
saw: John 4:35, Matthew 14:14, Matthew 14:15, Mark 6:34, Mark 6:35, Luke 9:12
Whence: Matthew 15:33, Mark 8:2-4, Luke 9:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I Ezekiel 37:3 - can Matthew 4:4 - but Matthew 10:3 - Philip Matthew 14:17 - General Mark 3:18 - Philip Mark 8:19 - the five Luke 6:14 - Philip John 4:8 - to buy John 12:21 - Philip John 14:8 - Philip Acts 1:13 - Philip
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When Jesus then lift up [his] eyes,.... Being before engaged in close conversation with his disciples, and looking wistly and intently on them, whilst he was discoursing with them:
and saw a great company come unto him; who came on foot, over the bridge at Chammath, from Capernaum, and other cities of Galilee:
he saith unto Philip; he directed his discourse to him particularly, because he was of Bethsaida, near to which place Christ now was, and therefore might be best able to answer the following question:
whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? This, according to the other evangelists, must be said after Christ came from the mountain, and the people were come to him, and he had received them kindly, and had instructed them about the kingdom of God, and had healed the diseased among them, and expressed great compassion for them; and after the disciples had desired him to dismiss them, that they might go to the adjacent towns, and provide food for themselves; which Christ would not admit of and declared it unnecessary, and then put this question, with the following view.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 6:5. Saw a great company — See this miracle explained at large on Matthew 14:13, c. Mark 6:31, c. Luke 9:10, c.
In speaking of the passovers, and various other matters, it does not appear that John follows any strict chronological order.
From John 6:15, it appears that our Lord had come down from the mountain, and fed the multitudes in a plain at the foot of it.
Saith unto Philip — This, with what follows, to the end of John 6:7 the seventh verse, is not mentioned by any of the other evangelists.
Philip was probably the provider for the disciples, as Judas was the treasurer.
Whence shall we buy bread — Instead of αγορασομεν, shall we buy, I should read αγορασωμεν, may we buy, which is the reading of ABDEHLS, Mt. VB, and many others. As Philip was of Bethsaida, John 1:44; John 12:21, he must have been much better acquainted with the country in which they then were than any other of the disciples.
