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Philip replied,[a] “200 silver coins worth[b] of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.” One of Jesus’ disciples,[c] Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

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  1. John 6:7 tn Grk “Philip answered him.”
  2. John 6:7 tn Grk “200 denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be an amount worth about eight months’ pay.
  3. John 6:8 tn Grk “one of his disciples.”

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(A) spoke up,

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  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii