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(Jesus asked Philip this question to test him, because Jesus already knew what he ·planned [was going] to do.)

Philip answered [L him], “·Someone would have to work almost a year to buy enough bread [L Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough; C a denarius was a unit of money worth about a day’s wages] for each person to have only a little piece.”

Another one of his ·followers [disciples], Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

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He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

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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Footnotes

  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii