John 6:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 [a]When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip,(A) “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” 6 [b]He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages[c] worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit].”(B)
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- 6:5 Jesus takes the initiative (in the synoptics, the disciples do), possibly pictured as (cf. Jn 6:14) the new Moses (cf. Nm 11:13).
- 6:6 Probably the evangelist’s comment; in this gospel Jesus is never portrayed as ignorant of anything.
- 6:7 Days’ wages: literally, “denarii”; a Roman denarius is a day’s wage in Mt 20:2.
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