• A) Geographical and Temporal Introduction: Sea of Galilee (Sea of Tiberias); large crowd followed Jesus, since they saw the SIGNS he was doing; he goes up a mountain; Jewish feast of Passover was near (vv. 1-4)

  • B) Jesus asks Philip: "Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?" Philip replies: "Two hundred days wages would not be enough" (vv. 5-7)

    • C) Andrew, one of his disciples, suggests: "Here's a boy with five barley loaves and two fish, but what good is that for so many people?" (vv. 8-9)

      • D) Jesus orders: "Have the people recline"; about 5000 men recline on the grass (v. 10)

        • E) Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them... (v. 11a)  --  [see the Synoptic Parallels]

      • D') ...to those who were reclining; also of the fish, as much as they wanted (vv. 11b)

    • C') Jesus tells his disciples to collect the fragments; they fill 12 wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves (vv. 12-13a) 

  • B') Which were leftovers from those who had eaten (v. 13b)

• A') The people saw the SIGN and say, 'This is the Prophet who is to come to the world"; Jesus knew they wanted to make him a king, so he withdrew to the mountain alone (vv. 14-15)

• A) In the evening, his disciples go down to the sea, get in a boat, cross the sea to Capernaum (vv. 16-17a)

  • B) Already dark, Jesus had not yet come; sea is stirred up, strong wind blowing (vv. 17b-18)

    • C) They row 3-4 miles, see Jesus walking on the sea, coming near the boat (v. 19ab)

      • D) They are afraid; (v. 19c)

        • E) Jesus says, "It is I (ego eimi). (v. 20a)

      • D') Do not be afraid." (v. 20b)

    • C') They want to take him into the boat, but immediately arrive at the shore where they were going (v. 21)

  • B') Next day, the crowd realizes Jesus had not gone in the boat with his disciples (v. 22)

• A') Other boats come from Tiberias (cf. v. 1); near where they had eaten the bread when the Lord had given thanks (cf. v. 11); crowd sees that Jesus and his disciples are not there, get into boats, go to Capernaum; find Jesus across the sea, and ask: "When did you get here?" (vv. 23-25)

OVERVIEW:

Part I: Introduction: signs and food; the works of God; believing in Jesus; bread from heaven; Moses and the Father (vv. 22-34)

Part II: The Bread of Life = The Words and Teachings of Jesus (vv. 35-50)

Part III: The Bread of Life = The Flesh and Blood of Jesus (vv. 51-59)

Part IV: Reactions: Some disciples depart; the Twelve remain; Peter professes his belief (vv. 60-71)

Part I: Introduction: signs and food; the works of God; believing in Jesus; bread from heaven; Moses and the Father (vv. 22-34)

• Narrator: (vv. 22-25a)

• [Crowd]: "Rabbi, when did you come here?" (v. 25b)

• Jesus: (vv. 26-27)

• [They]: "What must we do to perform the works of God?" (v. 28)

• Jesus: "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."(v. 29)

• [They]: (vv. 30-31)

• Jesus: (vv. 32-33)

• [They]: "Sir, give us this bread always." (v. 34)

Part II: The Bread of Life = The Words and Teachings of Jesus (vv. 35-50)

• Jesus: (vv. 35-40)

• Narrator: "The Jews began to complain about him..." (v. 41)

• [They]: (v. 42)

• Jesus: (vv. 43-50)

Part III: The Bread of Life = The Flesh and Blood of Jesus (vv. 51-59)

• Jesus: (v. 51)

• The Jews: "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (v. 52)

• Jesus: (vv. 53-58)

• Narrator: "He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum." (v. 59)

Part IV: Reactions: Some disciples depart; the Twelve remain; Peter professes his belief (vv. 60-71)

• Disciples: "This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?" (v. 60)

• Jesus: (vv. 61-64a)

• Narrator: (v. 64b)

• Jesus: "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father." (v. 65)

• Narrator: "Because of this, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him." (v. 66)

• Jesus: "Do you also wish to go away?" (v. 67)

• Simon Peter: (vv. 68-69)

• Jesus: "DId I not choose you, the twelve?  Yet one of you is a devil." (v. 70)

• Narrator: "He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him." (v. 71)

 
 

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