John 6:7 meaning and explanation
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
John 6:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus has just asked Philip where bread could be bought for the crowd, and John notes that He asked to test him. Philip answers with arithmetic rather than faith: a denarius was a day's wage, so two hundred of them, roughly eight months of pay, would still not buy each person even a small piece.
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