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# But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he was going to do
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John briefly stops telling about the events in the story in order to explain why Jesus asked Philip where to buy bread. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# for he himself knew
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The reflexive pronoun "himself" makes it clear that the word "he" refers to Jesus. Jesus knew what he would do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rpronouns]])
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