Add parallel Print Page Options

Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages[a] would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.” One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what help will they be among so many?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 6:7 Two hundred days’ wages: literally: two hundred denarii. A denarius was the average wage for a day’s work (see Mt 20:2).

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(A) spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii