The Feeding of the Five Thousand
John 6:7
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
- KJV
- Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
- WEB
- Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer, so 200 denarii would be between 6 and 7 month’s pay.
- ASV
- Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
- LSV
- Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little”;
- YLT
- Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'
- DBY
- Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].
- DRC
- Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
- GNV
- Philippe answered him, Two hundreth penie worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τι (“one”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27 include ὁ (“the”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῶν (“of them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτῷ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition add ὁ.
- SBLGNT: ἕκαστος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἕκαστος; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῶν.
- SBLGNT: τι. Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τι; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· Διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἕκαστος βραχύ τι λάβῃ.
- RP2018
- Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Φίλιππος, Διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ἕκαστος αὐτῶν βραχύ τι λάβῃ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Φίλιππος, Διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀρκοῦσιν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ἕκαστος αὐτῶν βραχύ τι λάβῃ.
- SCR1894
- απεκριθη αυτω φιλιππος διακοσιων δηναριων αρτοι ουκ αρκουσιν αυτοις ινα εκαστος αυτων βραχυ τι λαβη
Who and where
👤 Phillip the Apostle◆ Feeding of Five Thousand
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PhilipCapernaumPenny, PennyworthPhilip (2)SabbathAndrewJohn, Gospel ofJohannine TheologyLord's Supper; (Eucharist)Jesus Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 11:21–22But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the…
- Mark 6:37But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
- John 12:5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- 2 Kings 4:43But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
- Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
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