John 6
1 Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went [with us disciples by boat] and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is [also called] Tiberias Lake.
After these things, Yeshua went away to the other side of the lake of Galila, which is also called Lake Tiberias.
2 A large crowd of people kept following Jesus [on land] because they had been seeing the miracles he performed [by healing] sick people.
A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were sick.
3 Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with [us] disciples [to teach us].
Yeshua went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.
4 Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.
Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.
5 He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?”
Yeshua therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philipus, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"
6 He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what [Jesus could do], because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do.
This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip replied to him, “[Even if we had] the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!”
Philipus answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."
8 Another one of [us] disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s [younger] brother, said to Jesus,
One of his disciples, Andreus, Shimon Kipha's brother, said to him,
9 “There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two [cooked] fish. But (they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?) [RHQ]”
"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
10 Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down!” There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down [comfortably]. There were about 5,000 men [among the crowd].
Yeshua said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked [God] for them. Then he [gave them to us, and we] distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. [Because God caused the food to keep increasing], everyone ate as much as they wanted.
Yeshua took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
12 When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to [us] disciples, “Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!”
When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
13 So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
14 After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, [many of] them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet [like Moses] that [God promised] to send to the world!”
When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, "This is truly the Prophet who comes into the world."
15 So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him [their] king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself.
Yeshua therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
16 When it was evening, [we] disciples went down to [Galilee] Lake.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,
17 When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, [we] got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum [city].
and they entered into the boat, and were going over the lake to Kepharnakhum. It was now dark, and Yeshua had not yet come to them.
18 A strong wind started to blow and caused the water (to become very rough/to have high waves).
The lake was tossed by a great wind blowing.
19 After we had rowed (three or four miles/five or six kilometers), we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!
When therefore they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Yeshua walking on the lake, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
20 But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
But he said to them, "It is I. Do not be afraid."
21 We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as [we] did that, the boat reached the shore where [we] were going!
They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
22 The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake [were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area]. They knew that there had been only one boat there [the previous day]. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us.
On the next day, the crowd that stood on the other side of the lake saw that there was no other boat there, except one, and that Yeshua had not entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
23 Then some [men came] from Tiberias [city] in boats. [They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias]. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks [and caused it to multiply].
Other boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, [some of] them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.
When the crowd therefore saw that Yeshua was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Kepharnakhum, seeking Yeshua.
25 When they found him [in Capernaum] further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, [since you(sg) did not come in a boat], when [and how] did you get here?”
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
26 Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw [me perform] miracles [and as a result have realized who I really am]. No! You are looking for me [only] because you had plenty of bread to eat [after I provided it for you by performing a miracle].
Yeshua answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get [spiritual] food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God [my] Father has shown that he approves of me [enabling me to do that].” (aiōnios g166)
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him." (aiōnios g166)
28 Then the people asked him, “What things should we do [to please] God?”
They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
29 Jesus replied, “What God [wants you] to do is this: He wants you to believe that [I am] the one he has sent.”
Yeshua answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
30 So they said to him, “Then perform [another] miracle so that we may see it and believe that [you came from God]. What miracle would you like to perform?
They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
31 Our ancestors ate the [food called] manna [that God provided for them by a miracle] in the desolate area. This is written {[The Psalmist] wrote this} [in the Scriptures] about [what Moses caused to happen: ] ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ [Will you perform a miracle like that]?”
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
32 So Jesus said to them, “The truth is that it was not Moses who gave your [ancestors] that food from heaven. No, it was my Father [who gave it to them. And my Father is the one] who gives you the true food from heaven.
Yeshua therefore said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Mushe who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
33 The true bread from God came down from heaven, and he is the one who will give [eternal] life to [the people of] the world [MTY].”
For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
34 [Not understanding what he meant], they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!”
They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
35 Jesus said to them, “[Just like] food [MET] [sustains physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life. Those who [eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty]. But those who come to me [to receive that life] will never again [lack anything spiritually].
Yeshua said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
36 I told you before that you have seen my [miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am], you have not believed in me.
But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.
37 All the people that [my] Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly (welcome/never send away) [LIT] anyone who comes to me.
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
38 When I came down from heaven, it was not to do what I want. Instead, I came to do what ([God/my Father]), who sent me, wants.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 What the one who sent me wants is that I (keep forever all/never lose any) [LIT] of those whom he has entrusted to me. He wants me to cause all of them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].
This is the will of him who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
40 [Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed] [MET]. What my Father wants is that [similarly] everyone who looks at [what] I [have done] and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].” (aiōnios g166)
This is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." (aiōnios g166)
41 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the one who is [like] true bread who came down from heaven.”
The Jewish people therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
42 They said, “(This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?) [RHQ] We know [the names of] both his father and his mother. [He certainly did not come from heaven], so (he is [lying] by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’) [RHQ]”
They said, "Is not this Yeshua, the son of Yauseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
43 Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves [about what I just said]!
Therefore Yeshua answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.
44 [My] Father, who sent me, makes people want to come to me. No others will come to me [to receive eternal life]. Those who come to me are the only ones who will believe in me. I will (cause them to be alive again/raise them [from the dead]) (on the last day/on the [judgment] day).
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
45 It was written ([by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah]) {([One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah]) wrote} [about all those who will trust in me], ‘God will teach them all.’ Everyone who listens to what [my] Father [says] and learns from him will (come to/believe in) me.
It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.
46 I came from God. I am the only one who has seen [my] Father. No one else has seen him.
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
47 Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ([my message/in me]) has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
48 [Just like] food [MET] [sustains your physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life.
I am the bread of life.
49 Even though your ancestors ate the manna [while they were traveling] in the desolate area, they died [anyway].
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 But the bread [I am talking about] is something that came down from heaven. If people eat that bread, their [spirits] will never die.
This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
51 I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have [spiritual] life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to [all the people in] [MTY] the world in order that they may have [spiritual] life.” (aiōn g165)
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." (aiōn g165)
52 Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to argue among themselves. They said, “(There is no way this man can give us his flesh to eat!/How can this man give us his flesh to eat?)” [RHQ]
The Jews therefore argued with one another, saying, "How can this one give us flesh to eat?"
53 So, [speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins] [MET], Jesus said to them, “Listen carefully to this: [Although] I am the one who came from heaven, if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have eternal life.
Yeshua therefore said to them, "Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.
54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at (the last day/the [judgment] day), (aiōnios g166)
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food.
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with them.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
57 [My] Father, who is the [source of everything that] lives, sent me, and I live because [my] Father has [given me life]. Similarly those who eat my [flesh] will live [eternally] because of what I [do for them].
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
58 [I am] the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate [manna], they [later] died [anyway]. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as the fathers ate, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever." (aiōn g165)
59 He said this while he was teaching people in (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) in Capernaum.
He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Kepharnakhum.
60 After they heard him say that, many of his disciples said, “What he is teaching is hard [to understand]; (it is very difficult for anyone to accept it!/how can anyone accept it?) [RHQ]”
Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?"
61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, so he said to them, “(I am sorry that this is offending you./Is this offending you?) [RHQ]
But Yeshua knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
62 ([Perhaps you will believe my message] if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before!/[(What will you think if you see me], the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before)?) [RHQ]
Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
63 [God’s] Spirit is the one who gives people [eternal] life. Human efforts are no help at all [for giving people eternal life]. The message I have spoken to you [gives spiritual] life (OR, [comes from] God’s Spirit [and gives eternal] life.)
It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
64 But there are some of you who do not believe [my message.” Jesus said that] because he knew from the time he started [MTY] [his ministry] which of them would not believe his message. He also knew who would (betray him/enable his enemies to seize him).
But there are some of you who do not believe." For Yeshua knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.
65 Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled [to believe in me] will come to me [and receive eternal life].”
He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by the Father."
66 From that [time], many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him.
At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 So he said to [us] twelve [apostles], “You do not want to leave me also, do you?”
Yeshua said therefore to the twelve, "You do not also want to go away, do you?"
68 Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, [we] will not [leave you], [because] (there is no other person [like you] to whom we can go!/what other person is there like [you] to whom we can go?) [RHQ] You have the message about eternal life! (aiōnios g166)
Shimon Kipha answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
69 We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one [who has come] from God!”
We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
70 Then Jesus replied to us, “[You are saying that as though all] you twelve [men] whom I have chosen [RHQ] believe that. But one of you is [under the control of] Satan!”
Yeshua answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
71 He was talking about Judas, the [son] of Simon, from Kerioth [village]. [Even though] Judas was one of us twelve [apostles], he was about (to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him).
Now he spoke of Yehudah, the son of Shimon Sekariuta, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
