KJV: (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
YLT: (and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),
Darby: (but other little ships out of Tiberias came near to the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks;)
ASV: (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):
| ἀλλὰ | but other |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἀλλά Sense: but. |
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| ἦλθεν | came |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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| πλοιάρια | boats |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: πλοιάριον Sense: a small vessel, a boat. |
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| Τιβεριάδος | Tiberias |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: Τιβεριάς Sense: a city of Galilee near the Lake of Gennesaret, which Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, greatly enlarged and beautified, and named Tiberias in honour of Tiberias Caesar. |
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| ἐγγὺς | near |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐγγύς Sense: near, of place and position. |
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| τόπου | place |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: τόπος Sense: place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space. |
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| ὅπου | where |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὅπου Sense: where, whereas. |
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| ἔφαγον | they ate |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἐσθίω Sense: to eat. |
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| ἄρτον | bread |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἄρτος Sense: food composed of flour mixed with water and baked. |
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| εὐχαριστήσαντος | having given thanks |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: εὐχαριστέω Sense: to be grateful, feel thankful. |
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| Κυρίου | Lord |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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Greek Commentary for John 6:23
John 6:23 is really an explanatory parenthesis in this long sentence. Tiberias, capital of Herod Antipas, diagonally across the lake, is only mentioned in John in the N.T. (John 6:1, John 6:23; John 21:1). Boats Called “little boats” (πλοιαρια ploiaria) in John 6:24. [source]
Some editors omit δὲ , howbeit, change ἄλλα , other, into ἀλλὰ , but, and read, but there came boats. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 6:23
Reference to John 3:22. the work of the Baptist and the jealousy of his disciples. Ουν Oun is very common in John‘s Gospel in such transitions. The Lord So the best manuscripts (Neutral Alexandrian), though the Western class has ο Ιησους ho Iēsous Mark usually has ο Ιησους ho Iēsous and Luke often ο Κυριος ho Kurios In the narrative portion of John we have usually ο Ιησους ho Iēsous but ο Κυριος ho Kurios in five passages (John 4:1; John 6:23; John 11:2; John 20:20; John 21:12). There is no reason why John should not apply ο Κυριος ho Kurios to Jesus in the narrative sections as well as Luke. Bernard argues that these are “explanatory glosses,” not in the first draft of the Gospel. But why? When John wrote his Gospel he certainly held Jesus to be Κυριος Kurios (Lord) as Luke did earlier when he wrote both Gospel and Acts This is hypercriticism. Knew Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω ginōskō The Pharisees knew this obvious fact. It was easy for Jesus to know the attitude of the Pharisees about it (John 2:24). Already the Pharisees are suspicious of Jesus. How that Declarative οτι hoti (indirect assertion). Was making and baptizing more disciples than John Present active indicative in both verbs retained in indirect discourse. Recall the tremendous success of John‘s early ministry (Mark 1:5; Matthew 3:5; Luke 3:7, Luke 3:15) in order to see the significance of this statement that Jesus had forged ahead of him in popular favour. Already the Pharisees had turned violently against John who had called them broods of vipers. It is most likely that they drew John out about the marriage of Herod Antipas and got him involved directly with the tetrarch so as to have him cast into prison (Luke 3:19.). Josephus (Ant. XVIII. v. 2) gives a public reason for this act of Herod Antipas, the fear that John would “raise a rebellion,” probably the public reason for his private vengeance as given by Luke. Apparently John was cast into prison, though recently still free (John 3:24), before Jesus left for Galilee. The Pharisees, with John out of the way, turn to Jesus with envy and hate. [source]
A common, but indefinite, note of time in John (John 3:22; John 5:1; John 6:1; John 7:1). The phrase does not mean immediate sequence of events. As a matter of fact, a whole year may intervene between the events of chapter 5 in Jerusalem and those in chapter 6 in Galilee. There is no sufficient reason for believing that chapter 6 originally preceded chapter 5. The feeding of the five thousand is the only event before the last visit to Jerusalem recorded in all Four Gospels (Mark 6:30-44; Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13). The disciples have returned from the tour of Galilee and report to Jesus. It was the passover time (John 6:4) just a year before the end. To the other side of the Sea of Galilee The name given in Mark and Matthew. It is called Gennesaret in Luke 5:1 and “Sea of Tiberias” in John 21:1. Here “of Tiberias” (της Τιβεριαδος tēs Tiberiados) is added as further description. Herod Antipas a.d. 22 built Tiberias to the west of the Sea of Galilee and made it his capital. See John 6:23 for this city. Luke (Luke 9:10) explains that it was the eastern Bethsaida (Julias) to which Jesus took the disciples, not the western Bethsaida of Mark 6:45 in Galilee. [source]
John 6:23 is really an explanatory parenthesis in this long sentence. Tiberias, capital of Herod Antipas, diagonally across the lake, is only mentioned in John in the N.T. (John 6:1, John 6:23; John 21:1). Boats Called “little boats” (πλοιαρια ploiaria) in John 6:24. [source]