John 6:5
he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
4Accordingly when he looked up, and perceived a great crowd was coming unto him,
6He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he intended to do.
Cross References
Matthew 14:14So when he landed he saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Mark 6:34So when Jesus landed he saw a vast multitude, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
Luke 9:12But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said. "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place."
John 4:35Do you not say, ‘It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest’?Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.
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 →