THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 6:7 in context
John 6:4–10
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Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
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Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”
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He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
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“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”
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Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer, so 200 denarii would be between 6 and 7 month’s pay.
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