The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. So when the crowd saw …
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[The disciples] had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here!” Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination! —John 6:19-21 NLT …
That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. They had rowed three or four miles …
When Jesus saw that [the people who witnessed his miraculous sign] were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself. —John 6:15 NLT Key Thought While tucked away in the middle of a busy couple of days in Jesus’ ministry, this insight about what Jesus did is …
When the people saw [Jesus perform the miraculous sign of feeding more than 5,000], they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!” —John 6:14 NLT Key Thought The people were “wowed”! They recognized something incredible had happened. When they first saw the miraculous sign, they were convinced that something great was going …
After everyone [in the crowd of more than 5,000 people] was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves. —John 6:12-13 NLT Key Thought Some …
“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said [after being told that a boy in the crowd had five barley loaves and two fish]. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he …
[After Philip said that even wages from months of work wouldn’t be sufficient to feed the crowd following Jesus] Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?” —John 6:8-9 NLT Key Thought Our resources are limited. …
Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money …
Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) —John 6:3-4 NLT Key Thought If God’s people live with a proper sense of urgency and passion before the lost world, they are going to grow weary. They will grow weary physically. They …