Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The feast of the Jews (h eorth twn Ioudaiwn). Here used of the passover (to pasxa) as in John 7:2 of the tabernacles. This is probably the third passover in Christ's ministry (John 2:13 and one unmentioned unless John 5:1 be it). In John 2:13, here, and John 11:55 (the last one) the adverb egguv (near) is used. John is fond of notes of time. Jesus failed to go to this passover because of the hostility in Jerusalem (John 7:1).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:4:
Mark 6:39
John 2:13
John 5:1
John 6:1
John 6:1
John 6:10
John 7:11
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