KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
John 6:20–26
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John 6:20
20But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
20But he saith vnto them, It is I, be not afraid.
John 6:21
21Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
21Then they willingly receiued him into the ship, and immediatly the ship was at the land whither they went.
John 6:22
22¶ The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
22¶ The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was none other boat there, saue that one whereinto his disciples were entred, and that Iesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone:
John 6:23
23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
23Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias, nigh vnto the place where they did eate bread, after that the Lord had giuen thankes:
John 6:24
24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
24When the people therefore saw that Iesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also tooke shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Iesus.
John 6:25
25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they saide vnto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
John 6:26
26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
26Iesus answered them, and said, Uerely, verely I say vnto you, Ye seeke me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because yee did eate of the loaues, and were filled.
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DEFINED WORDS
John 6:20
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fearful or apprehensive.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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John 6:21
Freely and by one's own choice; without reluctance; cheerfully.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive: to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
immediately
At once, directly, or without intervening delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To what place, direction, point, or end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
John 6:22
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A lateral part, edge, or surface; also a party or position in a dispute.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A small vessel used for passage or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Into which place, vessel, land, or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Learners or followers who receive instruction.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Went or came in; was admitted, introduced, or penetrated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Separately; by itself.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
John 6:23
Nevertheless; however.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Small vessels used for passage or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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John 6:24
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Learners or followers who receive instruction.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Passage or conveyance by ship; in John 6:24, taking ships or boats.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
John 6:25
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A lateral part, edge, or surface; also a party or position in a dispute.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rabbi, a respectful title meaning Master or teacher, as the KJV context shows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
John 6:26
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Truly; certainly; in truth or fact.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Extraordinary works or signs manifesting power beyond ordinary human ability.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Portions or shaped masses of bread baked as separate units.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Made full; supplied with abundance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study27But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
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Open the full verse study1BUT now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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Open the full verse study8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Open the full verse study14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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Open the full verse study17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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Open the full verse study50For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
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Open the full verse study6And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
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Open the full verse study3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study51And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
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Open the full verse study32And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
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Open the full verse study7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
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Open the full verse study20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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Open the full verse study4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
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Open the full verse study15¶ 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.
16And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
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Open the full verse study2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
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Open the full verse study22¶ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study1AFTER these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
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Open the full verse study11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
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Open the full verse study40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
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Open the full verse study37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
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Open the full verse study53And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
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Open the full verse study4Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
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Open the full verse study15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
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Open the full verse study23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
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Open the full verse study59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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Open the full verse study11Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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Open the full verse study34¶ And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
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Open the full verse study7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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Open the full verse study19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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Open the full verse study21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
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Open the full verse study5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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Open the full verse study18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
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Open the full verse study31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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Open the full verse study18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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Open the full verse study2And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
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Open the full verse study12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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Open the full verse study37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
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Open the full verse study24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
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Open the full verse study5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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Open the full verse study15¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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Open the full verse study47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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Open the full verse study64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
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