John 6:1
Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went with us disciples by boat and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is also called Tiberias Lake.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 34:11From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
Matthew 4:18One day while Jesus was walking by Galilee Lake, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the lake because they earned money by catching and selling fish.
Matthew 15:29After Jesus, along with us disciples, departed from that area, we went back to Galilee Lake and walked along it. Then Jesus climbed the hill near there and sat down to teach the people.
Luke 5:1One day while many people were crowding around him to hear the message from God, Jesus was standing on the shore of Gennesaret Lake, which is also called Lake Galilee.
John 6:23Then some men came from Tiberias city in boats. They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks and caused it to multiply.
Matthew Henry on John 6:1
In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves, ver. 1-14 . II. Christ's walking upon the water, ver. 15-21 . III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum, ver. 22-25 . IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food ( ver. 26, 27 ), showing them how they must labour for spiritual food ( ver. 28, 29 ), and what that spiritual food is, ver. 30-59 . V. Their discontent at what he said, and the… Read the whole commentary →