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John 6 is the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records Jesus' miracles of feeding the five thousand and walking on water , the Bread of Life Discourse , popular rejection of his teaching, and Peter 's confession of faith.
John's Gospel is the only one which observes that Judas was responsible for the disciples' "common fund" or "money box", both here in verse 6 and again in John 13:29. The word το γλωσσοκομον ( glÅssokomon ) "means literally "a case for mouthpieces" of musical instruments, and hence any portable chest.
This verse differs considerably from the description of the same event in Luke 3:21. In Luke's account, Jesus is one of the crowd that has come to see John and it does not specify who baptized Jesus. Nor does the version at Mark 1:9 provide many details. Matthew's gospel is much more specific, describing Jesus seeking out John to be baptized.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. The World English Bible translates the passage as: They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. The 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek text is: και εβαπτιζοντο εν τω ιορδανη ποταμω υπ αυτου
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
'beyond the Jordan', as the basis for Transjordan, which is also the modern Hebrew usage. [3] The prefix trans-is Latin and means "across" or beyond, so "Transjordan" refers to the land on the other side of the Jordan River. The equivalent Latin term for the west side is the Cisjordan - literally, "on this side of the [River] Jordan".
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Chrysostom: "John having preached the thing concerning Christ publicly and with becoming liberty, the Evangelist mentions the place of His preaching: These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. For it was in no house or corner that John preached Christ, but beyond Jordan, in the midst of a multitude, and in the ...