John 6:12

John 6:12

10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them¹ to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.

12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”

13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly ^athe Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Sea

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him ^aking, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

16 ^aNow when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And when they were filled (wv de eneplhsqhsan). First aorist (effective) passive indicative of empimplhmi, old verb to fill in, to fill up, to fill completely. They were all satisfied. The Synoptics have exortasqhsan like John 6:26 (exortasqhte).

Gather up (sunagagete). Second aorist active imperative of sunagw, to gather together.

Broken pieces (klasmata). From klaw, to break. Not crumbs or scraps on the ground, but pieces broken by Jesus (Mark 6:41) and not consumed.

Be lost (apolhtai). Second aorist middle subjunctive of apollumi with ina in purpose clause. Only in John. There was to be no wastefulness in Christ's munificence. The Jews had a custom of leaving something for those that served.

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