John 6:10

6:10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.


tn Grk “Make.”

sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

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).