João 6

The Feeding of Five Thousand

1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that is, Tiberias). 2 And a large crowd was following him because they were observing the signs that he was doing on those who were sick. 3 So Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 (Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.) 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up*Literally "then Jesus lifting up the eyes"**Here "when" in the translation is supplied as a component of the participle "lifting up" which is understood as temporal and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these people can eat?" 6 (Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.) 7 Philip replied to him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for them, in order that each one could receive a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 9 "Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?" 10 Jesus said, "Make the people recline." (Now there was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the bread, and after he**Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had given thanks") which is understood as temporal had given thanks, he distributed it**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation to those who were reclining—likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost." 13 So they gathered them,**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

14 Now when**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say,**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to say") "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"