John 6:14

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did , said , This * is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

John 6:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:14

Then those men
The five thousand men, who had been fed with the loaves and fishes:

when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did;
in feeding so many of them, with so small a quantity of food; in multiplying the provision in such a prodigious manner, that after they had eaten to the full, so many baskets of fragments were taken up:

said, this is of a truth that prophet that should come into the
world;
meaning that prophet, that Moses spoke of, in ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ) ; for the ancient Jews understood this passage of the Messiah, though the modern ones apply it to others; (See Gill on Acts 3:22). And these men concluded that Jesus was that prophet, or the true Messiah, from the miracle he wrought; in which he appeared, not only to be like to Moses, but greater than he.

John 6:14 In-Context

12 When they were filled , he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain , that nothing be lost .

13 Therefore they gathered them together , and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten .

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did , said , This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force , to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come , his disciples went down unto the sea,