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# General Information:
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These verses give background information about the miracle that Jesus is about to perform by feeding five thousand people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# Connecting Statement:
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These verses describe how Jesus reacted when he heard that Herod had executed John the Baptist.
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Matthew starts to tell a new part of the story.
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# heard this
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"heard what happened to John" or "heard the news about John"
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# he withdrew
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"he left" or "he went away from the crowd." It is implied that Jesus's disciples went with him. Alternate translation: "Jesus and his disciples left" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# from there
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"from that place"
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# When the crowds heard of it
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"When the crowds heard where Jesus had gone" or "When the crowds heard that he had left"
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# the crowds
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"the crowds of people" or "the huge group of people" or "the people"
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# on foot
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This means that the people in the crowd were walking. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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