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.

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

"tore the loaves"

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

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