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John 6:8-10
New English Translation
John 6:8-10
New English Translation
8 One of Jesus’ disciples,[a] Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good[b] are these for so many people?”
10 Jesus said, “Have[c] the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.)[d] So the men[e] sat down, about 5,000 in number.
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- John 6:8 tn Grk “one of his disciples.”
- John 6:9 tn Grk “but what are these”; the word “good” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
- John 6:10 tn Grk “Make.”
- John 6:10 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).
- John 6:10 tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).
John 6:8-10
New International Version
John 6:8-10
New International Version
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(A) spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(B)
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).
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