King James Version
John 6:14 in the King James Version says “Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come in...” — study this verse from John chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
John 6:14 · KJV
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
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 Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
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“when they had seen”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“said”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“that prophet”
G4396a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
“that should come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“into”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“the world”
G2889orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
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