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John 6:4-6
New English Translation
John 6:4-6
New English Translation
4 (Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover[a] was near.)[b] 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up[c] and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6 (Now Jesus[d] said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)[e]
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- John 6:4 sn Passover. According to John’s sequence of material, considerable time has elapsed since the feast of 5:1. If the feast in 5:1 was Pentecost of a.d. 31, then this feast would be the Passover of a.d. 32, just one year before Jesus’ crucifixion.
- John 6:4 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
- John 6:5 tn Grk “when he lifted up his eyes” (an idiom).
- John 6:6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- John 6:6 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
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