Johannes 6:7

7 Philippus antwortete ihm: Für zweihundert Denare Brote reichen nicht für sie hin, auf daß ein jeder etwas weniges bekomme.

Johannes 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:7

Philip answered him
Very quick and short, and in a carnal and unbelieving way:

two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them.
Two hundred pence, or "Roman denarii", which may be here meant, amount to six pounds five shillings of our money; and this sum is mentioned, because it might be the whole stock that was in the bag, or that Christ and his disciples had; or because this was a round sum, much in use among the Jews; (See Gill on Mark 6:37). Or this may be said by Philip, to show how impracticable it was to provide for such a company; that supposing they had two hundred pence to lay out in this way; though where should they have that, he suggests? yet if they had it, as much bread as that would purchase would not be sufficient:

that everyone of them might take a little;
it would be so far from giving them a meal, or proper refreshment, that everyone could not have a small bit to taste of, or in the least to stay or blunt his appetite: a penny, with the Jews, would buy as much bread as would serve ten men; so that two hundred pence would buy bread enough for two thousand men; but here were three thousand more, besides women and children, who could not have been provided for with such a sum of money.

Johannes 6:7 In-Context

5 Als nun Jesus die Augen aufhob und sah, daß eine große Volksmenge zu ihm kommt, spricht er zu Philippus: Woher sollen wir Brote kaufen, auf daß diese essen?

6 Dies sagte er aber, ihn zu versuchen; denn er selbst wußte, was er tun wollte.

7 Philippus antwortete ihm: Für zweihundert Denare Brote reichen nicht für sie hin, auf daß ein jeder etwas weniges bekomme.

8 Einer von seinen Jüngern, Andreas, der Bruder des Simon Petrus, spricht zu ihm:

9 Es ist ein kleiner Knabe hier, der fünf Gerstenbrote und zwei Fische hat; aber was ist dies unter so viele?