{"id":647,"date":"2009-08-21T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=647"},"modified":"2022-01-13T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:40:51","slug":"john-65-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"John 6:5-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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? <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 And this He said to prove him: for He Himself knew what He would do. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7 Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto Him, <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

They were near Bethsaida, where Philip was from.<\/h3>\n

lad = little boy<\/h3>\n

200 denariis = 200 day’s pay, approximately \u2014 a year’s wages<\/h3>\n

The number 200, in Scripture, is associated with evil (Joshua 7:21; Judges 17:4; 1 Samuel 30:40; 2 Samuel 14:26; Revelation 9:16). Here it reflects Philip’s unbelief.<\/h3>\n

Why … was this particular miracle singled out for special prominence? … Three answers have been suggested, which may be summarized thus: First, because there was an evidential value<\/em> to this miracle which excelled that of all others. Some of our Lord’s miracles were wrought in private, or in the presence of only a small company; others were of a nature that made it difficult, in some cases impossible, for skeptics to examine them. But here was a miracle, performed in the open, before a crowd of witnesses which were to be numbered by the thousand. Second, because of the intrinsic nature<\/em> of the miracle. It was a creation of food: the calling into existence of what before had no existence. Third, because of the typical import<\/em> of the miracle. It spoke directly of the person of Christ.\u00a0 \u2014 Pink, page 286.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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