John - 6:14

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14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."

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Explanation and meaning of John 6:14.

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Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.
Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is to come into the world.
The men therefore, having seen the sign which Jesus had done, said, This is truly the prophet which is coming into the world.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus performed, said, This is truly that prophet that should come into the world.
The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said, 'This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'
Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."
And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.
Therefore, those men, when they had seen that Jesus had accomplished a sign, they said, "Truly, this one is the Prophet who is to come into the world."
When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said, "This is certainly the prophet who was to come into the world."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Those men, therefore. The miracle appears to have been attended by some advantage, that they acknowledge the author of it to be the Messiah; for Christ had no other object in view. But immediately they apply to a different and improper purpose the knowledge which they have obtained concerning Christ. And it is a fault extremely common among men, to corrupt and pervert his truth by their falsehoods, as soon as he has revealed himself to them; and even when they appear to have entered into the right path, they immediately fall away.

That Prophet - The Messiah. The power to work the miracle, and the benevolence manifested in it, showed that he was the long-expected Messiah.

This is of a truth that prophet - Spoken of, Deuteronomy 18:15, viz. the Messiah. How near were these people at this time to the kingdom of heaven!

Then those men,.... The five thousand men, who had been fed with the loaves and fishes:
when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did; in feeding so many of them, with so small a quantity of food; in multiplying the provision in such a prodigious manner, that after they had eaten to the full, so many baskets of fragments were taken up:
said, this is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world; meaning that prophet, that Moses spoke of, in Deuteronomy 18:15; for the ancient Jews understood this passage of the Messiah, though the modern ones apply it to others; See Gill on Acts 3:22. And these men concluded that Jesus was that prophet, or the true Messiah, from the miracle he wrought; in which he appeared, not only to be like to Moses, but greater than he.

JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA. (John 6:14-21)
that prophet--(See on John 1:21).

This is of a truth that prophet. The long expected prophet, foretold in Deuteronomy 18:15-16, and referred to by the delegation sent to visit John the Baptist (John 1:21). This expected prophet was to be the king of Israel, the head of the kingdom of God on the earth. In other words they said: "This is the Christ."

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