# Connecting Statement:

This begins the account of Jesus feeding four thousand people with seven loaves of bread and a few small fish.

# or they may faint on the way

"because they might faint on the way"

# Where can we get enough loaves of bread in such a deserted place to satisfy so large a crowd?

The disciples use a question to state that there is nowhere to get food for the crowd. AT: "There is nowhere nearby that we can get enough bread for such a large crowd" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Seven, and a few small fish

The understood information can be made clear. AT: "Seven loaves of bread, and a few small fish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# sit down on the ground

Use your language's word for how people customarily eat when there is no table, whether sitting or lying down.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/compassion]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]