What Does John 6:23 Mean in the King James?
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The place is remembered by the conjunction of bread and thanks: the meal is marked as received favor.
THE MEANING
This verse holds bread and gratitude together: the place is remembered as where bread is eaten after Jesus gives thanks. The verb for thanks carries the language of favor, so provision appears as something received with acknowledgment, not merely counted.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It loosens the belief that food is only a resource detached from gratitude; here, the meal is named alongside thanks.
THE ROOT
εὐχαριστήσαντος
eucharistēsantos
GROWS FROM
χαρ (char), in χάρις (charis)
Favor or graciousness; in this verb, giving thanks.
“given thanks” in this verse is eucharistēsantos. The Greek verb for giving thanks holds χάρις (charis), meaning favor, within it. The meal is thus remembered as food received with gratitude, with the language of favor present inside the act of thanks.
ALSO GROWS
charis: Favor; also thanks in some contexts.
χάρις
This is the favor-language carried inside the verse’s word for giving thanks.
eucharistia: Thanksgiving.
εὐχαριστία
This noun shares the same word family and names the response to received provision.
charisma: A gracious gift.
χάρισμα
This related word shows how the same family can name what is given as well as gratitude for what is received.
THE PATTERN
Food is received as provision when gratitude accompanies the meal.
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.THE THREAD
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:The word translated “thanksgiving” belongs to the same εὐχαριστ- (eucharist-) word family as the verb “given thanks” here, both carrying χάρις (charis), favor. That shared root opens the meal as provision received with gratitude.
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