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John 6:5

In John 6 of John.

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “we may buy” (ἀγοράσωμεν) before bread here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before Philip here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “we will buy” (ἀγοράσομεν) before bread here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἐπάραςeparaslifted upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “lifted up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.lifted upοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmoushis eyesὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “his eyes”, the object formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.his eyesὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andθεασάμενοςtheasamenossawθεάομαι (theaomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saw”, a single actionG2300I see, behold, contemplate, look upon, view; I see, visit.sawὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.πολὺςpolusa greatπολύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a great”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.a greatὄχλοςochloscompanyὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “company”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.companyἔρχεταιerchetaicomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.comeπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himλέγειlegeihe saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he saithπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoΦίλιππονphilipponPhilipΦίλιππος (philippos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Philip”, the object formG5376Philip, (a) one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, (b) tetrarch of the Ituraean and Trachonitic region, half-brother of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, (c) one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem and a missionary.PhilipΠόθενpothenWhenceπόθενadverb — “Whence”G4159whence, from what place.Whenceἀγοράσωμενagorasōmenshall we buyἀγοράζω (agorazō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “shall we buy”, a single actionG59I buy.shall we buyἄρτουςartousbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.breadἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatφάγωσινphagōsinmay eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “may eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).may eatοὗτοιhoutoithisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγοράσομενagorasomenshall we buyἀγοράζω (agorazō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “shall we buy”, a single actionG59I buy.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

Young’s Literal Translation

Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' —

World English Bible

Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “ Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat ?”

Darby Translation

Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

Douay-Rheims

When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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