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|And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

|And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

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|So Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now this place was covered with a lot of grass, so a total of five thousand men sat down.

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|Jesus uses ἄνθρωπος when He tells the disciples to have them sit down, but John switches to ἀνήρ when he gives the number. The contrast could indicate that there were women and children in the crowd, but John was following the Jewish tradition of only counting the men, meaning there were probably more than 5000 total people.

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|And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

|And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

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|Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. He did the same thing with the fish, and everyone got as much as they wanted.

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|While the likelihood is that the disciples were involved in the distribution process, and many of the Byzantine family of manuscripts do mention them, all the oldest manuscripts leave that part out. The inclusion of the disciples in this verse is actually a very late development, meaning it is highly unlikely that it is original.

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|When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

|When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

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|When everyone was completely satisfied, He told His disciples, "Gather up the left over pieces, so that nothing is wasted."

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|Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

|Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

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|So they gathered up the fragments of the five barley loaves that were left over after everyone had eaten, and they filled twelve baskets.

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|Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

|Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

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|When the people saw the miracle Jesus performed, they were saying, "This is truly the prophet who is coming into the world."

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|When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

|When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

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|Therefore Jesus knew that they were intending to come and seize Him, in order to force Him to become king, and so, once again, He slipped away alone into hills.

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