(A)Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii[a] worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.”

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  1. John 6:7 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

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!”

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  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii

Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages[a] just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”

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  1. 6.7 almost a year's wages: The Greek text has “200 silver coins.” Each coin was worth the average day's wages for a worker.