# Connecting Statement:

This concludes the account of Jesus feeding five thousand people.

# sit down

"lie down." Use the verb for the position people in your culture usually are in when they eat.

# took

"held in his hands." He did not steal them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# broke the loaves

"tore the loaves"

# loaves

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

# Looking up

Possible meanings are 1) "While looking up" or 2) "After looking up."

# and were filled

This can be translated in active form. AT: "until they were full" or "until they were no longer hungry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# they took up

"the disciples gathered up" or "some people gathered up"

# twelve baskets full

"12 baskets full" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Those who ate

"Those who ate the bread and the fish"

# five thousand men

"5,000 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/basket]]