10 Jesus said, “Make the people recline.” (Now there was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the bread, and after he[a] had given thanks, he distributed it[b] to those who were reclining—likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:11 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given thanks”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 6:11 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,(A) and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

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10 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.

11 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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