Quotes & Notes on:     John 6:20   

• John Wesley's Notes:
  (No comment on this verse).
   

• The Fourfold Gospel:

    They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Superstitious fears are not always so soon allayed. His voice brought great assurance.
   

• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:

  * they willingly. Ps 24:7-10; Song 3:4; Mt 14:32,33; Mr 6:51; Re 3:20
   

• Robertson's Word Pictures:
   Be not afraid (mê phobeisthe). Prohibition with mê and present middle imperative of phobeomai. So in Mr 6:50 (Mt 14:27). John does not tell that the disciples thought Jesus was an apparition (Mr 6:49; Mt 14:26), nor does he give the account of Peter walking on the water (Mt 14:28-31).
   

• William Burkitt's Notes:

  (No comment on this verse).
   

• Family Bible Notes:

  (No comment on this verse).
   

• 1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
  (No comment on this verse).
   

• People's New Testament Commentary:

  It is I; be not afraid. This is the gospel message of peace, on the ground--the simple ground--"It is I." Christ's presence is peace to the soul. How often has he to speak this word of encouragement, even to his own! almost always when they are brought suddenly, or in an unusual way, face to face with him!
   

• Albert Barnes' Commentary:

  (No comment on this verse).
   

• Jamieson-Faussett Brown:

  It is I; be not afraid--Matthew (Mt 14:27) and Mark (Mr 6:50) give before these exhilarating words, that to them well-known one, "Be of good cheer!"
   

• Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:

  (No comment on this verse).
   

• Adam Clarke's Commentary:

  (No comment on this verse).

   

• Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:

   (No comment on this verse).
   

Quotes & Notes on   John 6:1-21   

• Gospel Harmony: 
• Feeding the Multitudes
• Matthew 14:13-21
• Mark 6:30-44
• Luke 9:10-17
• John 6:1-15 
• Walking on Water
• Matthew 14:22-33
• Mark 6:45-56
• John 6:15-21 
• It would seem appropriate on this Sunday to take our cue from the responsorial psalm and its refrain:  "The hand of the Lord feeds us;  he answers all our needs."

- Reginald H. Fuller, Preaching the Lectionary, p. 331
• The appearance of Jesus suddenly and unexpectedly, with his reassurance "do not be afraid," reminds one of the situation in which his resurrection appearance takes place. 

- Massey H. Shepherd, Jr.., Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary, p. 717
• Every new experience of Jesus was an awe-filled surprise to them.

- Herbert Lockyer,  All the Miracles of the Bible, p. 201
• This is not one of the great "I Am" statements, although it shares the same form in the Greek.  The message is clear -- fear is banished by the realization of the presence of Jesus.

- Donald Guthrie, New Bible Commentary: Revised, p. 943
• Mark tells us that after the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand Jesus constrains His disciples to take ship and depart from the scene of the miracle (Mark 6:45).  John supplies the reason (15):  the people would have carried Him away and acclaimed Him as their king at the approaching feast.

- A.J. Macleod, New Bible Commentary, p. 877
• But believers, who know that he is given to them to make propitiation, as soon as they hear his name, which is a sure pledge to them both of the love of God and of their salvation, take courage as if they had been raised from death to life, calmly look at the clear sky, dwell quietly on earth, and, victorious over every calamity, take him for their shield against all dangers. Nor does he only comfort and encourage them by his word, but actually removes also the cause of the terror by allaying the tempest.

- John Calvin, Commentary
• A striking picture of the remnant journeying on earth during the absence of Christ, and their every wish fully and immediately satisfied-full blessing and rest-when He rejoins them.

- John Darby, Synopsis of  the New Testament
•  The godly are often in peril and danger, but Christ comes to them in time, even in the midst of the tempests, and brings them to the haven.

- Geneva Study Bible
• Christ may be sometimes near his people, and they not  know him; as the Lord was in the place where Jacob was, and he knew it not,  (Genesis 28:16) and as Christ was standing by Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre, and she took him to be the gardener: and for want of a distinct knowledge of Christ in his person, offices, and grace, persons have wrong apprehensions of him, and are filled with dread and fears, concluding they have no interest in him; that he is a Saviour, but not of them; that their sins are so many, and of such a die, and attended with such aggravating circumstances, that though he is able to save them, he never can be willing to receive such vile sinners as they are.

- John Gill,  Exposition of the Bible
• The power and presence of the church’s King shall expedite and facilitate her deliverance, and conquer the difficulties which have baffled  the skill and industry of all her other friends. The disciples had rowed hard, but could not make their point till they had got Christ in the ship, and then the work was done suddenly. If we have received Christ Jesus the Lord, have received him willingly, though the night be dark and the wind high, yet we may comfort ourselves with this, that we shall be at shore shortly, and are nearer  to it than we think we are. Many a doubting soul is fetched to heaven by a  pleasing surprise, or ever it is aware. 

- Matthew Henry, Commentary
• Matthew (Matthew 14:27) and Mark (Mark 6:50) give before these exhilarating words, that to them well-known one, "Be of good cheer!"

- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary
• This is the gospel message of peace, on the ground--the simple ground--"It is I." Christ's presence is peace to the soul. How often has he to speak this word of encouragement, even to his own! almost always when they are brought  suddenly, or in an unusual way, face to face with him!

- Johnson, B.W., People's New Testament
• The Jews, as well as the Romans, usually divided the night into four watches of three hours each.  The first watch began at six, the second at nine, the third at twelve, the fourth at three in the morning.

- John Wesley, Notes Upon the New Testament, Matthew 14:25
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Word Study

• [Some manuscripts] omit "many furlongs distant from the land" and insert "out on the sea".  [Some manuscripts] omit "for they saw him" and put "all" at end of  v. 49.

- Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., Gospel Parallels, p. 80 (on Matthew 14:24 & Mark 6:50)
• Afraid:  To fear, be afraid, phobeomai 

- Robert L. Young, Analytical Concordance to the Bible, p. 17 
• FEAR 
• PHOBOS (noun)  first had the meaning of flight, that which is caused by being scared;  then, that which may cause flight, (a) fear, dread, terror, always with this significance in the four Gospels.  See TERROR
• PHOBEO (adjective)  in earlier Greek, to put to flight

- W.E. Vine, An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, p. 414-415
• Be not afraid (mh pobeisqe). Prohibition with mh and present middle  imperative of pobeomai. So in Mark 6:50 (Matthew 14:27). John does not tell that the disciples thought Jesus was an apparition (Mark 6:49; Matthew 14:26), nor does he give the account of Peter walking on the water (Matthew 14:28-31). 

- Robertson, A.T., Robertson's Word Pictures, vs.12

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