ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Sepitema 5, 2021 

for he himself knew what he would do

Ka ko ‘ene lea pehē ko ‘ene ‘ahi‘ahi‘i ia: 

he na‘e mea‘i ‘e he ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ne ‘amanaki fai 

Sione 6 (John 6)

(v. 5-9) Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?”

(v. 5-9) Pea hanga hake ai ‘a Sīsū ‘o ne vakai, tā ko e fu‘u kakai ‘ena ‘oku ha‘u kiate ia; pea ne pehē kia Filipe, Te tau fakatau mei fē ha mā mo kai ‘a e kakai na? Ka ko ‘ene lea pehē ko ‘ene ‘ahi‘ahi‘i ia: he na‘e mea‘i ‘e he ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ne ‘amanaki fai. Pea tali ‘e Filipe ki ai, Neongo ‘e onongeau‘i tēnali ha mā, ka ‘e ‘ikai fe‘unga ke nau taki taha to‘o ha me‘a si‘i. Pea lea kiate ia ha toko taha ‘o ‘ene kau ako, ko ‘Anitelū ko e tokoua ‘o Saimone Pita, ‘o pehē, ‘Oku ‘i ai ha tamasi‘i ‘i heni, ‘oku ne ma‘u ha fo‘i mā pa‘ale ‘e nima, mo ha mata‘i ika ‘e ua: ka ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ko ia ki ha tokolahi pehē?

 

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to take Him by force, and make Him King. This He would not permit. Sending His disciples across the sea He retired to the mountain. Then followed the wonder -recorded also by Matthew and Mark--of His stilling of the storm. Thus it will be seen that He returned to where the conflict had occurred, and immediately, in a discourse, rebuked the people for having been attracted by the wonder in the realm of the material while they neglected the deep spiritual facts of life. Presently they asked Him for a sign. He answered their request by offering Himself to them as bread, the Bread of life.

These men were sense-bound. They did not apprehend His meaning. Continuing, He insisted on the supremacy of the spiritual, as, taking the manna for illustration, He declared, Your fathers did eat, and died," and, further, "This . . . a man may eat . . . and not die."

The Jews were more than ever mystified, and disputed among themselves. Confronted by this difficulty, our Lord went further still, and spoke in mystic language of the necessity for drinking His blood. The figure was suggestive of a way into life through death and sacrifice.

This fuller unfolding perplexed His own disciples, consequent upon which He inquired, Would ye also go away?" It was Peter who made the reply, "To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life." Nevertheless, at this point some of His disciples broke with Jesus.