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New Living Translation

John 6:3

Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Miracles;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel According to;   Tiberias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John, Theology of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Man (2);   Manna;   Sacrifice (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethsaida ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jesus christ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus went vp into a mountaine, and there hee sate with his disciples.
King James Version
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
English Standard Version
Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
New American Standard Bible
But Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
New Century Version
Jesus went up on a hill and sat down there with his followers.
Amplified Bible
And Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
Contemporary English Version
It was almost time for the Jewish festival of Passover, and Jesus went up on a mountain with his disciples and sat down.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua went up into the hills and sat down there with his talmidim.
Darby Translation
And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples:
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus went up on the side of the hill and sat there with his followers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus went vp into a mountaine, and there he sate with his disciples.
George Lamsa Translation
So Jesus went up to the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
Good News Translation
Jesus went up a hill and sat down with his disciples.
Lexham English Bible
So Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down there with his disciples.
Literal Translation
And Jesus went up into the mountain and sat there with His disciples.
American Standard Version
And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his talmidim.
International Standard Version
But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples.
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu ascended a mountain, and there sat with his disciples.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus ascended a mountain, and there he seated himself with his disciples.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus went vp into a mountayne, & there he sate with his disciples.
English Revised Version
And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
World English Bible
Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But Jesus went up into a mountain, and sat there with his disciples.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jhesus wente in to an hil, and sat there with hise disciplis.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus went upon a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
New English Translation
So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
New King James Version
And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
New Life Bible
Jesus went up on a mountain and sat down with His followers.
New Revised Standard
Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But Jesus had gone up into the mountain, and, there, was sitting with his disciples.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore went up into a mountain: and there he sat with his disciples.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iesus wete vp in to a mountayne, and there he sat with his disciples.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus therefore went up a mountain, where he sat down with his disciples.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus rode up on a hill and got off to rest. He sat with his cowboys around him.

Contextual Overview

1 After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. 3 Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. 4 (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) 5 Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, "Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?" 6 He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip replied, "Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't have enough money to feed them!" 8 Then Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. 9 "There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?" 10 "Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 6:15, Matthew 14:23, Matthew 15:29, Luke 6:12, Luke 6:13, Luke 9:28

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:1 - he went

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Genesis 6:14
"Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.
Genesis 6:15
Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Genesis 6:16
Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
Genesis 6:18
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
Genesis 6:20
Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.
Numbers 11:17
I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.
Nehemiah 9:30
In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who warned them through the prophets. But still they wouldn't listen! So once again you allowed the peoples of the land to conquer them.
Psalms 78:39
For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus went up into a mountain,.... In a desert place near Bethsaida, Luke 9:10;

and there he sat with his disciples; partly for security from the cruelty of Herod, having just heard of the beheading of John; and partly for privacy, that he might have some conversation alone with his disciples, upon their return from off their journey; as also for the sake of rest and refreshment; and according to the custom of the Jewish doctors, which now prevailed, Luke 9:10- :, he sat with his disciples, in order to teach and instruct them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 6:3. Went up into a mountain — This mountain must have been in the desert of Bethsaida, in the territories of Philip, tetrarch of Galilee. Our Lord withdrew to this place for a little rest; for he and his disciples had been so thronged with the multitudes, continually coming and going, that they had not time to take necessary food. See Mark 6:31.


 
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