John 6:7
New International Version
Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

New Living Translation
Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”

English Standard Version
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.”

Berean Standard Bible
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

Berean Literal Bible
Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of loaves are not sufficient for them, that each might receive one little piece."

King James Bible
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

New King James Version
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

New American Standard Bible
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!”

NASB 1995
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

NASB 1977
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

Amplified Bible
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.”

Christian Standard Bible
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

American Standard Version
Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

Contemporary English Version
Philip answered, "Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?"

English Revised Version
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Philip answered, "We would need about a year's wages to buy enough bread for each of them to have a piece."

Good News Translation
Philip answered, "For everyone to have even a little, it would take more than two hundred silver coins to buy enough bread."

International Standard Version
Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn't enough for each of them to have a little."

Majority Standard Bible
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

NET Bible
Philip replied, "Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little."

New Heart English Bible
Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little."

Webster's Bible Translation
Philip answered him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them make take a little:

Weymouth New Testament
"Seven pounds' worth of bread," replied Philip, "is not enough for them all to get even a scanty meal."

World English Bible
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little”;

Berean Literal Bible
Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of loaves are not sufficient for them, that each might receive one little piece."

Young's Literal Translation
Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'

Smith's Literal Translation
Philip answered him. Loaves of two hundred drachmas will not suffice them, that each of them should take some little.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii of bread would not be sufficient for each of them to receive even a little.”

New American Bible
Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit].”

New Revised Standard Version
Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Philip said to him, Two hundred pennies worth of bread would not be sufficient for them, even if each one should take a little.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Phillipus said to him: “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough, even if each of them takes a very little.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Philip answered him: Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, that each may take a little.

Godbey New Testament
Philip responded to Him, The loaves of two hundred denaria are not sufficient for these, that each one may receive a little.

Haweis New Testament
Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii spent in bread would not procure a sufficiency for them, that every one of them might have a morsel.

Mace New Testament
Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little.

Weymouth New Testament
"Seven pounds' worth of bread," replied Philip, "is not enough for them all to get even a scanty meal."

Worrell New Testament
Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denaries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little."

Worsley New Testament
Philip answered Him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
6But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. 7Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.” 8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,…

Cross References
Matthew 14:16-21
“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.” / “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. / “Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said. ...

Mark 6:37-44
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?” / “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.” / Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass. ...

Luke 9:13-17
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” / (There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” / They did so, and everyone was seated. ...

John 1:45-46
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” / “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

2 Kings 4:42-44
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Numbers 11:21-23
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ / If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” / The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

Matthew 15:33-38
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?” / “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.” / And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. ...

Mark 8:4-9
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?” / “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied. / And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd. ...

Luke 18:27
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

John 11:39-40
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.” / Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

Exodus 16:15-18
When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. / This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’” / So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less. ...

Psalm 78:19-20
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

John 2:9-10
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside / and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

John 12:5-6
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” / Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

1 Kings 17:12-16
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” / “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, / for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” ...


Treasury of Scripture

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

Two.

John 6:7
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

John 6:6
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

John 6:7
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

John 6:6
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Numbers 11:21,22
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month…

2 Kings 4:43
And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

Mark 6:37
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

pennyworth.

John 12:5
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

Matthew 18:28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

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John 6
1. Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.
15. Thereupon the people would have made him king;
16. but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;
26. reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;
32. declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.
66. Many disciples depart from him.
68. Peter confesses him.
70. Judas is a devil.














Philip answered Him
In this passage, Philip, one of Jesus' disciples, is directly responding to Jesus. The name "Philip" is of Greek origin, meaning "lover of horses." Philip's response is significant as it reflects a human perspective on a divine problem. Historically, Philip was from Bethsaida, a town known for its fishing industry, which may have influenced his practical mindset. His answer reveals a reliance on human logic rather than faith in Jesus' miraculous power.

Two hundred denarii
A denarius was a Roman silver coin that was commonly used as a day's wage for a laborer. The mention of "two hundred denarii" indicates a substantial amount of money, roughly equivalent to eight months' wages. This highlights the enormity of the task at hand and the insufficiency of human resources to meet the need. The use of Roman currency also reflects the socio-economic context of the time, where Roman occupation influenced daily life.

worth of bread
Bread, in biblical times, was a staple food and symbolized sustenance and life. The phrase "worth of bread" underscores the basic necessity of food for survival. In a spiritual sense, bread often represents the Word of God, as seen in other scriptural references. This sets the stage for Jesus' later teaching about being the "bread of life," pointing to a deeper spiritual truth beyond physical nourishment.

would not be enough
Philip's statement "would not be enough" reflects a common human tendency to focus on limitations rather than possibilities. This phrase captures the essence of doubt and the challenge of faith. It serves as a reminder of the inadequacy of human efforts without divine intervention. Historically, this moment precedes one of Jesus' most famous miracles, illustrating the contrast between human insufficiency and divine abundance.

for each of them to have a small piece
The phrase "for each of them to have a small piece" emphasizes the vastness of the crowd and the perceived inadequacy of resources. It suggests a minimal provision, highlighting the disciples' concern for even the smallest amount of sustenance. This sets the stage for the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, where Jesus demonstrates that He can provide abundantly beyond human expectations. Theologically, it points to the sufficiency of Christ to meet all needs, both physical and spiritual.

(7) Philip answered him.--The answer proves that Philip has not really learnt the lessons of the earlier teaching. The question does not suggest to him the true answer of divine sufficiency, but leads him to think of the human difficulty. He looks on the vast throng of people. At the lowest estimate, it would take the value of 200 denarii to feed them--in present money-value nearly 7; in actual labour-value nearly a workman's yearly wage. The denarius is the value of a day's work in the parable (Matthew 20:2 et seq.). In A.D. 14, on the accession of Tiberius, one of the causes of revolt in the Pannonian legions is the smallness of their pay, and one of their demands (Tacit. Ann. i. 26) is a penny a day. For Philip this large sum seems an impossibility. He states the difficulty, and leaves it.

Verse 7. - Philip took a calculating method of meeting the difficulty, and looked at the question as one which their entire resources were unable to solve. He did not so much as think of the "whence," or from what quarter the loaves could be procured, as how much money would be required to meet the ease. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of loaves are not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little. The denarius was equal to about eightpence halfpenny of our money; so that the sum spoken of, probably representing the entire contents of their common purse, was only six pounds fifteen shillings, and was utterly insufficient for the purpose. The conversation preserved by Mark (Mark 6:35-37) cannot well be made part of this language of Philip, but rather follows when the short afternoon was coming on, and the long shadows indicated the near approach of darkness. Philip had told the other disciples of the Lord's question, and they had discussed the possible perils of the case and the intentions of the Lord. It is interesting to see, in Mark, that the same sum was mentioned as being insufficient for the needs of the great multitudes. John has not only abridged the narrative of the synoptists, but added a feature which is of interest, and shows how for some hours the disciples had meditated on what they fancied would be necessary, and had come to the somewhat unwelcome conclusion that they must sacrifice their entire stock of funds. The Lord had first of all made the suggestion. They now go to him, to beseech his influence to send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves something to eat. When the enigmatic words burst from his lips, "Give ye them to eat," the two hundred pennyworth of bread is once more referred to by the disciples as insufficient (Luke 9:12, 13; Matthew 14:15-17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Philip
Φίλιππος (Philippos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5376: From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites.

answered,
Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“Two hundred
Διακοσίων (Diakosiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 1250: Two hundred. From dis and hekaton; two hundred.

denarii
δηναρίων (dēnariōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 1220: A denarius, a small Roman silver coin. Of Latin origin; a denarius.

would not [buy] enough
ἀρκοῦσιν (arkousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 714: To keep off, assist; I suffice; pass: To be satisfied. Apparently a primary verb; properly, to ward off, i.e. to avail.

bread
ἄρτοι (artoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.

for
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

each {of them}
ἕκαστος (hekastos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

to have
λάβῃ (labē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

a
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

small [piece].”
βραχύ (brachy)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1024: Short, little, few. Of uncertain affinity; short.


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