John 6:24

John 6:24

The Bread from Heaven

22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except¹ that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone—

23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks—

24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, ^aseeking Jesus.

25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 ^aDo not labor for the food which perishes, but ^bfor the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^cbecause God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, ^a“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

<< John 6:23

John 6:25 >>

When the multitude therefore saw (ote oun eiden o oxlov). Resumption and clarification of the complicated statements of verse John 6:22.

That Jesus was not there (oti Ihsouv ouk estin ekei). Present indicative retained in indirect discourse. They still did not understand how Jesus had crossed over, but they acted on the basis of the plain fact.

They themselves got into (enebhsan autoi eiv). Second aorist active indicative of embainw followed by eiv (both en and eiv together as often in N.T.).

Seeking Jesus (zhtountev ton Ihsoun). Present active participle of zhtew. They had a double motive apart from the curiosity explained in verse John 6:22. They had clearly not given up the impulse of the evening before to make Jesus king (John 6:15) and they had hopes of still another bountiful repast at the hands of Jesus as he said (John 6:26).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:24:**

John 6:23
John 6:25
John 6:35
John 21:8

<< John 6:23

John 6:25 >>

DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.