1 After thisjFor ver. 1-13, see Matt. 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17 Jesus went away to the other side ofkSee Matt. 4:18 the Sea of Galilee, which islch. 21:1 the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up onmver. 15 the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Nownch. 2:13; 11:55; See Ex. 12 the Passover, theoch. 5:1; 7:2 feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 pLuke 6:20 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said toqch. 1:44 Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat? ” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 r[Mark 6:37] Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little. ” 8 One of his disciples,sch. 1:40, 44 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has fivet2 Kgs. 4:42, 43 barley loaves and two fish, butt2 Kgs. 4:42, 43 what are they for so many? ” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down. ” u[Mark 6:39] Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, andvver. 23; See Matt. 15:36 when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost. ” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said,wSee ch. 4:19 “This is indeedxch. 1:21; 7:40; See Matt. 21:11 the Prophetych. 11:27; See Matt. 11:3 who is to come into the world! ”
15 z[ch. 12:12-15] Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, JesusaFor ver. 15-21, see Matt. 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-51; [Matt. 8:18] withdrew again tobver. 3 the mountain by himself.
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20 c[Luke 24:38, 39] But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid. ” 21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been onlydch. 21:8 one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lordever. 11 had given thanks. 24 fFor ver. 24, 25, [Matt. 14:34-36; Mark 6:53-56] So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats andgver. 17, 59 went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,hSee ch. 1:38 “Rabbi, when did you come here? ” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,iver. 24 you are seeking me, not because you sawjver. 2 signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 kIsa. 55:2 Do not labor for the food that perishes, but forl[ver. 35, 50, 51, 54, 58] the food that endures to eternal life, whichmSee Dan. 7:13 the Son of Man will give to you. For onn[ch. 5:36, 37; 10:36] him God the Father haso[Ezek. 9:4; Rom. 4:11; 1 Cor. 9:2; 2 Tim. 2:19]; See ch. 3:33 set his seal. ” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doingp1 Cor. 15:58; Rev. 2:26 the works of God? ” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God,q1 John 3:23 that you believe in him whomrSee ch. 3:17 he has sent. ” 30 So they said to him,sSee Matt. 12:38 “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 tver. 49, 58; Ex. 16:15; Num. 11:7-9 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written,uCited from Neh. 9:15; [Ps. 78:24, 25; 105:40; 1 Cor. 10:3] ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat. ’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God isvver. 50 he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. ” 34 They said to him,wSee ch. 4:15, 33 “Sir, give us this bread always. ”
35 Jesus said to them, xver. 41, 48, 51; [ver. 58] “I am the bread of life;ych. 4:14; 7:37; [ch. 5:40; Matt. 11:28; Rev. 7:16] whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 zver. 39; ch. 17:2 All thatach. 10:29; 17:6, 9, 24 the Father gives me will come to me, andbch. 10:28; 17:12 whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 ForcSee ch. 3:13 I have come down from heaven, not to dodSee ch. 5:30 my own will butdSee ch. 5:30 the will of himeSee ch. 4:34 who sent me. 39 Andfch. 10:28, 29; Matt. 18:14 this is the will of him who sent me,gch. 17:12; 18:9 that I should lose nothing ofhver. 37 all that he has given me, butiver. 40, 44, 54; [ch. 11:25; 1 Cor. 6:14] raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone whojch. 12:45; 14:17, 19 looks on the Son andkver. 47; ch. 3:15, 16 believes in himlver. 27, 54; ch. 4:14 should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ”
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, mver. 33, 35, 38 “I am the bread that came down from heaven. ” 42 They said,nSee Matt. 13:55 “Is not this Jesus,oSee ch. 1:45 the son of Joseph, whose father and motherpch. 7:27, 28 we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven ’ ? ” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent meqch. 12:32; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:4; [ver. 65; ch. 4:23] draws him. Andrver. 39 I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets,sCited from Isa. 54:13; [Jer. 31:33, 34; Heb. 8:10, 11] ‘And they will all bet1 Cor. 2:13; 1 Thess. 4:9; 1 John 2:20 taught by God. ’u[ver. 37] Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 vSee ch. 1:18 not that anyone has seen the Father exceptwSee ch. 7:29 he who is from God; hex[ch. 3:32; 8:38] has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you,ySee ch. 3:36 whoever believes has eternal life. 48 zSee ver. 35 I am the bread of life. 49 aSee ver. 31 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, andbver. 58 they died. 50 cver. 33 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of itdver. 51, 58 and not die. 51 I am the living breadech. 3:13 that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will givefver. 57; Luke 22:19 for the life of the world isgver. 53-56; [ch. 1:14] my flesh. ”
52 The Jews thenhch. 9:16; 10:19 disputed among themselves, saying,iver. 60; ch. 3:9 “How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh ofjver. 27 the Son of Man and drink his blood, youkSee ch. 20:31 have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my bloodlSee ver. 40 has eternal life, andmver. 39 I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my bloodnch. 15:4, 5; 1 John 3:24; 4:13, 15, 16 abides in me, and I in him. 57 Aso[ch. 5:26]; See Matt. 16:16 the living FatherpSee ch. 3:17 sent me, andqch. 11:25; Rev. 1:18 I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 rver. 31, 33, 49-51 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever. ” 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taughtsver. 24 at Capernaum.
60 tver. 66; [ver. 64] When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? ” 61 But Jesus,v[ch. 2:24, 25] knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to seewver. 27 the Son of ManxSee Mark 16:19 ascending toy[ch. 17:5]; See ch. 3:13 where he was before? 63 z[1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:6] It is the Spirit who gives life;ach. 3:6 the flesh is of no avail.bver. 68 The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 Butcver. 66 there are some of you who do not believe. ” (For Jesusv[See ver. 61 above] knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, anddver. 71; ch. 13:11 who it was who would betray him.) 65 And he said, “This is why I told youever. 44, 45; ch. 3:27 that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father. ”
66 fver. 60, 64 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said togver. 70, 71 the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well? ” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You havehActs 5:20; [ch. 12:50; 17:8] the words of eternal life, 69 andi[ch. 11:27; 1 John 4:16] we have believed, and have come to know, thatjSee ch. 1:49 you arekSee Mark 1:24 the Holy One of God. ” 70 Jesus answered them, lSee ch. 13:18 “Did I not choose you,g[See ver. 67 above] the Twelve? And yet one of you ismch. 13:2, 27; 17:12 a devil. ” 71 He spoke of Judasnch. 13:26 the son of Simon Iscariot, forover. 64, 67 he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.