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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
John 6:1~21
Jesus crosses to the other side of the Sea of ​Galilee and a large crowd follows Him there.
Jesus feeds 5,000 men with the five barley loaves and two small fish that Andrew brings
from a boy. Afterwards, they collect 12 baskets of leftovers. When the crowd tries to make
Jesus king, He retreats to the mountain by Himself. The disciples board a boat to Capernaum,
and a great storm rises in the sea. Jesus walks on the water to reach them, and the
boat reaches its destination safely.
John 6
1Some time after this, Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of
Galilee. It is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd of people followed
him. They had seen the signs he had done by healing sick people.
3Then Jesus went up on a mountainside. There he sat down with his disciples.
4 The Jewish * Passover Feast was near. 5 Jesus looked up and saw
a large crowd coming toward him. So he said to Philip, “Where can we
buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test Philip. He
already knew what he was going to do.
7Philip answered him, “Suppose we were able to buy enough bread for
each person to have just a bite. That would take more than half a year’s
pay!” 8 Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother. He said, 9 “Here is a boy with five small loaves of * barley bread.
He also has two small fish. But how far will that go in such a large crowd?”
10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in
that place, and they sat down. About 5,000 men were there. 11 Then Jesus
took the loaves and gave thanks. He handed out the bread to those
who were seated. He gave them as much as they wanted. And he did the
same with the fish. 12 When all of them had enough to eat, Jesus spoke
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to his disciples. “Gather the leftover pieces,” he said.
“Don’t waste anything.” 13 So they gathered what
was left over from the five barley loaves. They filled
12 baskets with the pieces left by those who had eaten.
14The people saw the sign that Jesus did. Then they
began to say, “This must be the Prophet who is supposed
to come into the world.” 15 But Jesus knew that
they planned to come and force him to be their king.
So he went away again to a mountain by himself.
16When evening came, Jesus’ disciples went down
to the Sea of Galilee. 17 There they got into a boat and
headed across the lake toward Capernaum. By now
it was dark. Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong
wind was blowing, and the water became rough.
19They rowed about three or four miles. Then they
saw Jesus coming toward the boat. He was walking
on the water. They were frightened. 20 But he said to
them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they agreed to
take him into the boat. Right away the boat reached
the shore where they were heading.
Mission Accomplished
BIBLE CLIP
Passover Feast was
near
By emphasizing that
"the Passover Feast
was near," it evokes
memories of Israel
leaving Egypt and
being fed manna in
the desert (Ex 16) (Jn
6:4).
barley bread
In Canaan, barley
was a staple food like
wheat, and barley
loaves were made by
grinding and baking in
a wide, round shape
and generally used as
a staple food for the
poor because it cost
half the price of wheat
(Jn 6:9).
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