# sit down

"lie down"

# Now there was a lot of grass in the place

John briefly stops telling about the events in the story in order to give background information about the place where this event happens. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# So the men sat down, about five thousand in number

While the crowd probably included women and children ([John 6:4-5](./04.md)), here John is counting only the men.

# giving thanks

Jesus prayed to God the Father and thanked him for the fish and the loaves.

# he gave it

"he" here represents "Jesus and his disciples." AT: "Jesus and his disciples gave it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]