John 6:9

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

In Context

8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

1 Kings 4:28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.

2 Kings 7:1Elisha said, “Hear the LORD’s word. The LORD says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

Psalms 78:41They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 147:14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Matthew 14:17They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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