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John 6 — Sermon Preparation
Feeding five thousand, walking on water, and the Bread of Life discourse lead many disciples to turn away, leaving the twelve. Below is a research summary for John 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 71
- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 70
- classic sermon excerpts
- 11
- preachers & commentators
John 6 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἄρτος | ártos | G740 | 21 | bread, loaf |
| πατήρ | patḗr | G3962 | 15 | father, parent |
| ζωή | zōḗ | G2222 | 11 | life |
| ἐσθίω | phágō | G5315 | 11 | eat, meat |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 10 | disciple |
| οὐρανός | ouranós | G3772 | 10 | air, heaven, sky |
| καταβαίνω | katabaínō | G2597 | 8 | come down, fall |
How preachers through history handled this text
70 public-domain excerpts on John 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude, for its reference to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had upon the people. Even the common Jews expected the Messiah to come into the world, and to be a great Prophet. The Pharisees despised them as not knowing the law; but they knew most of Him who is the end of the law. Yet men may acknowledge Christ as that Prophet, and still turn a deaf ear to him.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 6:1–14 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sea of Galilee— John 6:1
- Capernaum— John 6:17
- Tiberias— John 6:23
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