Geneva Bible Notes (1560)John 6

^{1 b} Tiberias, Bethsaida,, and Capernaum were on this side the lake, in respect of Galile: but it is here said that he went ouer, because there were diuers crikes & turnings, ouer the which men feried.

^{1 a} Called the lake of Gennesareth.

^{7 c} This summe amounteth to about fiue pounde sterling.

^{10 !} Jesus fedeth fiue thousand men with fiue loaues & two fishes.

^{11 d} Praier and thankesgiuing do sanctifie our meates wherewith we are nourished.

^{12 e} The abundant store of Gods giftes oght not to make vs prodigal to waste them.

^{15 f} Thei imagined an earthlie kingdome without the testimonie of Gods worde, so that by this meanes his spiritual kingdome shulde haue bene abolished.

^{15 !} He departeth awaye, that thei shulde not make him King.

^{17 g} Ouer a corner of the lake.

^{19 h} Whereof eight make a mile.

^{22 i} Wherefore it must nedes followe that Christ passed miraculously.

^{25 k} This was not straight ouer the lake from side to side, but ouer a crike or arme of the lake, which saued muche labour to them that shulde haue gone about by land.

^{26 !} He reproueth the fleshlie hearers of his worde.

^{27 l} Which nourisheth & augmenteth our faith.

^{27 m} For when he appointed him to be the Mediator, he set his marke & seale in him to be the onelie one to reconcil God & man together.

^{28 n} Suche as be acceptable vnto God.

^{32 o} He compareth Moses with the Father, & manna with Christ, who fedeth vs into euerlasting life, {1Cor. 10,3}

^{35 p} He shal neuer want spiritual nourishment.

^{37 q} God doeth regenerate his elect, & causeth them to obey the Gospel.

^{41 !} The carnal are offended at him.

^{44 r} That is, or beleue in me.

^{44 s} By lightening his heart with his holie Spirit.

^{49 t} Then there is no fode that can nourish our soules, but Jesus Christ.

^{51 u} Which giue life to the worlde.

^{53 x} Where Christ is not, there death reigneth.

^{56 y} As our bodies are susteined with meat & drinke: so are our soules nourished with the bodie, and blood of Jesus Christ.

^{56 x} To eat the flesh of Christ and drinke his blood, is to dwell in Christ and to haue Christ dwelling in vs.

^{60 a} That is, vnderstand.

^{62 b} He meaneth not that his humanitie descended from heauen: but he speaketh touching the vnion of bothe natures, attributing to the one that which apperteineth to the other.

^{63 !} The flesh profiteth not.

^{63 c} To wit, if it be separate from the Spirit, whereof it hathe the force: for it cometh of the power of the Spirit that the flesh of Christ giueth vs life.

^{68 d} Then without Christ there is but death: for his worde onely leadeth vs to life.

^{70 e} Althogh your nomber be smale, yet shal ye be diminished.