John 6 - NIV LifeConnect Study Bible

6:1 The Sea of Tiberias was probably the official Roman name for the Sea of Galilee (see the note on Mk 1:16). The name came from the town of Tiberias (named after the emperor Tiberius Caesar), founded about AD 20.

6:5 Since Philip came from nearby Bethsaida (see 1:44; see also the note on Mk 8:22), it was appropriate to ask him where they could purchase bread.

6:15 The people wanted to force Jesus to define his mission and work politically—to become a king who would rival the Herodians or the Romans. Jesus wanted no part of such a kingship.

6:60 The thought of eating the flesh of the Son of Man and drinking his blood (see vv. 53–58) was doubtless shocking to most of Jesus’ Jewish hearers.