Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
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Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
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And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples.
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Then Iesus went vp into a mountaine, and there he sate with his disciples.
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Passages linked to John 6:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 6:15 Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
- Luke 9:28 About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
- Matthew 14:23 After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
- Matthew 15:29 Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
- Luke 6:12-13 In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 3. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain. Christ…
3. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain. Christ unquestionably sought a place of retirement till the feast of the Passover; and therefore it is said that he sat down on a mountain with his disciples. Such was undoubtedly the purpose which he formed as man; but the purpose of God was different, which he willingly obeyed. Although, therefore, he avoided the sight of men, yet he permits himself to be led by the hand of God as into a crowded theater; for there was a larger assembly of men in a desert mountain than in any populous city, and greater celebrity arose from the miracle than if it had happened in the open market-place of Tiberias We are therefore taught by this example to form our plans in conformity to the course of events, but in such a manner that, if the result be different from what we expected, we may not be displeased that God is above us, and regulates everything according to his pleasure.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and…
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
Ver. 3. And Jesus went up into a mount] {See Trapp on "Mat 5:1"} He would have been private till the passover and refreshed himself with his disciples; but seeing God had now put a new opportunity into his hands of benefiting many, he would not neglect it.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That is, the third passover after our Saviour had…
That is, the third passover after our Saviour had entered upon his public ministry; by which we may observe, that John omitted many things spoken and done by our Saviour in the year immediately following the second passover, for he giveth us no further account than what we have in the former chapter, and in this. The other evangelists give us a more full account of them. The place whither our Saviour went seemeth to have been toward the end of the lake, so as the people could go on foot, and turn at the point of the lake, and be there before the ship could cross the water.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain This miracle of our Saviour’s feeding five thousand persons…
This miracle of our Saviour’s feeding five thousand persons with five barley loaves and two small fishes, is recorded by all the four Evangelists, and several particulars therein are very remarkable.
Observe, 1. What a poor and slender provision the Lord of the whole earth hath for his family, for himself, for his disciples, and the multitude; nothing more than five barley loaves and two fishes.
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Teaching us, That these bodies of ours must be fed, not pampered. Our belly must not be our master, much less our God; and as the quality of the victuals was plain, so was the quantity small; only five loaves and two fishes. Well might the disciples say, What are they among so many? The eye of sense and reason sees an utter impossibility of those effects which faith can easily apprehend, and a divine power more easily produce. When men judge by sense and reason, and do not look to Christ’s power, if extremities come, they are soon at their wit’s end, and know not what to do.
Observe, 2. How the great Master of this miraculous feast doth marshal his guests; he commanded them to sit down. None of the people reply, "Sit down, but to what? Here’s the mouths, but where’s the meat? We may soon be set, but when shall we be served?" Not a word like this, but they obey and expect. Lord how easy it is to trust thy providence, and rely upon thy power, when there is corn in the barn, bread in the cupboard, money in the purse. But when our stores are empty, when our stock runs low, when we have nothing in hand, then to depend upon an invisible bounty, is a noble act of faith indeed.
Observe, 3. The actions performed by our blessed Saviour.
1. He blessed the loaves; teaching us by his example, never to use or receive the good creatures of God without prayer and praise, not to sit down to our food as a beast to his fodder. Christ broke the loaves: he could have mutiplied them whole, why then doth he rather chuse to do it in the breaking?
Perhaps to teach us, that we may rather expect his blessings in the distribution of his bounty, than in the reservation of it. Scattering is the way to increasing, and liberality the way to riches.
Again, 3. He gave to his disciples, that they might distribute to the multitude; he did not do it with his own hands, but by theirs; doubtless it was to gain reputation to his disciples, from the people: the same course doth Christ take in spiritual distributions. He that could feed the souls of his people immediately by the hand of his Spirit, chuses rather by the hands of his ministers to divide the bread of life among them.
Observe, 4. The reality and greatness of the miracle, They did all eat, and were filled; they did eat, not a crumb or a bit, but to satiety and fulness. All that were hungry did eat, and all that did eat were satisfied, and yet twelve baskets of fragments remain. More is left than was at first set on. It is hard to say which was the greatest miracle, the miraculous eating, or miraculous leaving. If we consider what they ate, we may wonder that they left any thing; if what they left, that they eat anything.
Observe lastly, These fragments, though of barley loaves and fish bones, must not be lost, but gathered up; we must exercise frugality in the enjoyment of the greatest plenty.
Lord! how tremendous will their account be, who, having large and plentiful estates, do consume them upon their lusts! how will they wish they had been born to poverty and necessity, when they appear to make up their accounts before God!
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jesus went up into a mountain,.... In a…
And Jesus went up into a mountain,.... In a desert place near Bethsaida, Luk 9:10;
and there he sat with his disciples; partly for security from the cruelty of Herod, having just heard of the beheading of John; and partly for privacy, that he might have some conversation alone with his disciples, upon their return from off their journey; as also for the sake of rest and refreshment; and according to the custom of the Jewish doctors, which now prevailed; see Gill on Mat 5:1, he sat with his disciples, in order to teach and instruct them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Jesus went up - Before the people overtook him.
Jesus went up - Before the people overtook him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Went up into a mountain] This mountain…
Verse 3. Went up into a mountain] This mountain must have been in the desert of Bethsaida, in the territories of Philip, tetrarch of Galilee. Our Lord withdrew to this place for a little rest; for he and his disciples had been so thronged with the multitudes, continually coming and going, that they had not time to take necessary food. See Mr 6:31.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. into a mountain] Rather, into the mountain, or,…
3. into a mountain] Rather, into the mountain, or, perhaps the mountainous part of the district. The definite article indicates familiarity with the locality. Comp. Joh_6:15. We have no means of determining the precise eminence.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) A mountain.—Better, the mountain, or, perhaps, the hill-country…
(3) A mountain.—Better, the mountain, or, perhaps, the hill-country on the east shore of the sea. See the parallel passages.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Jesus went up into the mountain; i.e. the…
And Jesus went up into the mountain; i.e. the high ground which everywhere surrounded the lake. The same expression, eiv to orov , occurs very frequently in the synoptist Gospels. (Mar_3:13 Mat_5:1 Mat_14:23) This last passage is an interesting confirmation of our text. The usage implies on the part of the four evangelists familiar acquaintance with the scenery. And there he sat downwith his disciples. From this elevation they would see the gathering multitudes streaming from different points and meeting on the pebbly beach, asking each ether where was the Master? and whither had the Prophet, the Healer, fled? Women and little children are in the crowd. (Mat_14:21) Weiss, who argues that the main features of the narrative are deeply imbedded in all the traditions, summarily disposes of the later accounts of the similar event recited by Mark (Mar_8:1-11) and Matthew. (Mat_15:32-38)
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