John 6:2
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
KJV
ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, ὅτι ἑώρων τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει ἐπὶ τῶν ἀσθενούντων.
Greek NT
et sequebatur eum multitudo magna, quia videbant signa quæ faciebat super his qui infirmabantur.
Vulgate
And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.
ASV
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἠκολούθει δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠκολούθει δὲ | RP: καὶ ἠκολούθει
- ἠκολούθει δὲ — SBLGNT
- ἠκολούθει δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ ἠκολούθει — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐθεώρουν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐθεώρουν | RP: ἑώρων αὐτοῦ
- ἐθεώρουν — SBLGNT
- ἐθεώρουν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἑώρων αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Beloved, let us not contend with violent men, but learn when the doing so brings no hurt to our virtue to give place to their evil counsels; for so all their hardihood is checked. As darts when they fall upon a firm, hard, and resisting substance, rebound with great violence on those who throw them, but when the violence of the cast has nothing to oppose it, it soon becomes …
Cross-references
- John 2:11 — This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
- John 6:26 — Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
- Mark 1:45 — But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from
- Mark 6:33 — And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
- Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu
- Matt 5:1 — And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: