John 6:5-7

6:5 Then Jesus, when he looked up ¹  and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6:6 (Now Jesus ²  said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.) ³  6:7 Philip replied, ⁴  “Two hundred silver coins worth ⁵  of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

[6:5]  ¹ tn Grk “when he lifted up his eyes” (an idiom).

[6:6]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:6]  ³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[6:7]  ³ tn Grk “Philip answered him.”

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “two hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be an amount worth about eight months’ pay.