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John 6:5

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?

KJV

ἐπάρας οὖν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος ὅτι πολὺς ὄχλος ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγει πρὸς Φίλιππον· πόθεν ἀγοράσωμεν ἄρτους ἵνα φάγωσιν οὗτοι;

Greek NT

Cum sublevasset ergo oculos Jesus, et vidisset quia multitudo maxima venit ad eum, dixit ad Philippum : Unde ememus panes, ut manducent hi ?

Vulgate

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

ASV

When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεάομαι
theaomai
verb · 23×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πόθεν
pothen
adverb · 29×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀγοράζω
agorazo
verb · 30×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐπαίρω
epairo
verb · 19×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς | WH/Treg/NIV: τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς | RP: ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς
  • τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ ἸησοῦςSBLGNT
  • τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ ἸησοῦςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πρὸς | WH/Treg/NIV: πρὸς | RP: + τὸν
  • πρὸςSBLGNT
  • πρὸςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀγοράσωμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀγοράσωμεν | RP: ἀγοράσομεν
  • ἀγοράσωμενSBLGNT
  • ἀγοράσωμενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀγοράσομενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§549By freeing some individuals from the earthly evils of hunger, injustice, illness and death,274 Jesus performed messianic signs. Nevertheless he did not come to abolish all evils here below,275 but to free men from the gravest slavery, sin, which thwarts them in their vocation as God's sons and causes all forms of human bondage.276

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 4:2 — And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
  • John 1:43 — The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
  • John 14:8 — Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
  • Luke 9:12 — And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are
  • Luke 9:12 — And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are
  • Luke 9:13 — But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
  • Mark 6:35 — And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
  • Mark 8:19 — When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
  • Matt 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 14:17 — And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
  • Matt 15:33 — And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
  • Matt 15:33 — And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?