John 6:1-6

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} 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.)

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "then Jesus lifting up the eyes"
• [b] *Here "[when]" in the translation is supplied as a component of the participle "lifting up" which is understood as temporal