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This week the real challenge of preaching John 6 from the Revised Common Lectionary begins. We face another Sunday in which the Gospel text focuses on a discussion between Jesus and the crowds about bread which comes from Heaven. To make matters more difficult, we have one more Sunday after this one which seems to … Continue reading “John 6:35, 41-51 Commentary by Brian Peterson”

Something very important happens in verse 41, something that is easily overlooked. The identity of Jesus’ interlocutors “changes” abruptly. Until this point in the chapter, it is the crowd who has been engaged with Jesus. Now the identification of the crowd is stated. The crowd is “the Jews.”  The Jews are highly significant in John’s … Continue reading “John 6:35, 41-51 Commentary by Ginger Barfield”

People complain that, in my preaching, I do not tell them what to do. Last week, I left you with a list: Trust that God is doing something new, which circumstances cannot undermine or negate. Submit everything, even our highest-stake issues and our most pressing concerns, to Jesus. Be less concerned about what we do … Continue reading “John 6:35, 41-51 Commentary by Craig A. Satterlee”

La narrativa de Juan describiendo el ministerio de Jesús en esta perícopa del capitulo 6 de su evangelio, es una parte de una pieza en que Juan cuidadosamente va conduciéndonos a un plan mayor en que Jesús se presenta como el Pan de Vida. El escenario es la ciudad de Capernaúm, ubicada cerca del mar … Continue reading “San Juan 6:24-35 Comentario por Ofelia Dávila Llimpe”

Pan de vida versus pan de muerte El tema de la comida/bebida aparece frecuentemente en el evangelio de Juan (al igual que en el de Lucas). Juan nos informa de seis comidas, incluyendo la del epílogo de su evangelio: Jn 2:1-11; 4:4-42; 6:1-14; 12:1-8; 13:1-14; y 21:1-14. Además, el evangelista compara y presenta a Jesús … Continue reading “San Juan 6:24-35 Comentario por Manuel Villalobos Mendoza”

Preachers may need to remind their congregations about last week’s text and the feeding of the multitude because in today’s text, John begins to unpack the meaning of that earlier event. Verse 35 may seem a strange place for the lectionary to end this reading, since Jesus’ words continue without interruption in verse 36 (would … Continue reading “John 6:24-35 Commentary by Brian Peterson”

The text for this week sets up in much the same way as last week’s. The crowd is looking for Jesus. This time they have trailed around the lake to the new location on the other side. The new location is going to provide a new context for the interpretation of the miracles from the … Continue reading “John 6:24-35 Commentary by Ginger Barfield”

The hymn powerfully portrays the plight of so many of God’s children: “Across the world, across the street, the victims of injustice cry for shelter and for bread to eat, and never live before they die” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship #729). And never live before they die. The reality becomes all the more poignant when I … Continue reading “John 6:24-35 Commentary by Craig A. Satterlee”

El texto nos presenta dos milagros realizados por Jesús. El primer milagro, vv. 1-15, que consistió en multiplicar cinco panes y dos peces para alimentar a una multitud de personas, y el segundo milagro, vv. 16-21, por el cual Jesús caminó sobre el mar y fue al encuentro de sus discípulos. Las dos historias tienen … Continue reading “San Juan 6:1-21 Comentario por Ofelia Dávila Llimpe”

Las dos historias en nuestro texto bíblico para esta semana son precisamente las que se omitieron en el texto de Marcos 6 de la semana pasada. Tenemos dos relatos distintos: “Alimentación de los cinco mil,” vv. 1-14, y “Jesús anda sobre el mar,” vv. 15-21.  Es más, hoy empezamos con una serie de textos de … Continue reading “San Juan 6:1-21 Comentario por Alicia Vargas”