Jn. 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberius
Mk. 6:30 Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.
Lk. 9:10a And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done.
Mk. 6:31 And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Jn. 6:2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.
Mt. 14:13a When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself.
Mk. 6:32 So they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.
Lk. 9:10b And He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Mt. 14:13b But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
Mk. 6:33 But when the multitudes saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him.
Lk. 9:11a But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him;
Mt. 14:14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Mk. 6:34 And Yeshua, when He came out, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
Lk. 9:11b And He received them and spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.
Jn. 6.3 And Yeshua went up on a mountain; and there He sat down with His disciples.
Jn. 6:4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
This is the third Passover mentioned in the Ministry of Yeshua, which means His ministry is now 2 ½ years in length. It marks the final year. The wording of this verse is somewhat troublesome. Depending on your perspective, it could almost read like we are looking at it from a standpoint that Yeshua and His disciples weren’t Jews, which is totally wrong. Nothing is said in the verse as to the reason for mentioning this feast, but clearly John has a reason.
Jn. 6:5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread that these may eat?”
Throughout this incident there is a continuous conversation with His disciples because this lesson is not for the masses, but for them. In particular, it is for Philip. Why? Because this happens to be Philip’s territory. If anyone would know, he would. But, the reason for the conversation is to teach them the nature of the ministry entrusted to them. For now it is physical, but it has a spiritual application.
Jn. 6:6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
Philip originally came from this area, so he was familiar with it. That is why Yeshua was asking him about where they could buy bread.
Mt. 14:15a When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place and the hour is already late.”
Mk. 6:35 And when the day was now near far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.”
Lk. 9:12a When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him,
Mt. 14:15b “Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the village and buy themselves food.”
Mk. 6:36 “Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”
Lk. 9:12b “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place.”
Mt. 14:16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
Mk. 6:37a But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.”
Lk. 9:13a But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.”
In this verse we are told Yeshua’s attitude towards the sheep. It is not the job of the shepherd to search for food, it is the job of the shepherd to feed them. These are sheep without a shepherd because they are still fighting the issue: “Should we follow the old shepherds or the new One?” It is very clear from these Scriptures that most of the common people of Israel did believe that Yeshua was the Messiah. But, they had been taught all of their lives to obey their leaders. This put them in quite a quandary. Should they believe and obey their leaders, or follow their hearts?
Mk. 6:37b And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”
Jn. 6:7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
Philip says there is not enough food available in this area for this many people. Furthermore, there is not enough money to buy food if it was available. Two hundred penny worth, or denarii, is insufficient. One denarii was equal to one day’s wage. Two hundred penny worth is a common term used for transactions. M:Gittin 7:7 mentions a husband giving his wife a divorce under the condition that she pays him two hundred penny worth. M:Ketuboth says this is the amount of a virgin’s dowry. M:Sanhedrin 98:2 says Israel will eat that much in the days of the Messiah.
Mk. 6:38a But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”
Jn. 6:8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
Mt. 14:17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
Mk. 6:38b And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
Lk. 9:13b And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Jn. 6:9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
Mt. 14:18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.”
Mt. 14:19a Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass.
Mk. 6:39 Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
Jn. 6:10a Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.”
Mk. 6:40 So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and fifties.
Lk. 9:14b And He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”
Lk. 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
Jn.6:10b Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down,
Mt. 14:19b And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
Mk. 6:41 And when He had taken the five loaves and two fishes, He looked up to Heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fishes He divided among them all.
Lk. 9:16 Then He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Jn. 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
This was the traditional blessing that was said specifically over bread: Blessed are You, O Lord, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.” The three Synoptic Gospels give the erroneous impression that Yeshua blessed the bread before breaking it. The blessing always goes to God as the provider instead.
Mt. 14:20a So they all ate and were filled,
Mk. 6:42 So they all ate and were filled.
Lk. 9:17a So they all ate, and were filled.
The disciples are to learn three lessons from this event. First of all, they are to feed the sheep, or feed the people. Secondly, they are incapable of doing it on their own. Thirdly, their job is to distribute what Yeshua provides.
Jn. 6:12 So when they were filled He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”
Mt. 14:20b And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.
Mk. 6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
Lk. 9:17b And twelve baskets of left over fragments were taken up by them.
Jn. 6:13 Therefore they gathered them up, filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
Mt. 14:21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Mk. 6:44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.
Lk. 9:14a For there were about five thousand men.
Jn. 6:10c In number about five thousand.
The figure of five thousand given here includes men only. It does not include wives, children, and other relatives. The total number present could have easily been three to four times that figure. For instance, M:Berachoth 7:2 says: “women, slaves, and children cannot be included in the number required for the preparation of the thanksgiving feast.”
Jn. 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly The Prophet who is come into the world.”
Source: Deut. 18:15, 18
Again, we see the reference to The Prophet from Deut. 18:15, 18.
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