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- sit down - or "lie down," depending on your local custom
- (Now there was much grass in the place.) - This was a comfortable place for the people to sit.
- the people...the men...the people - the crowd (See:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
- five thousand in number - While the crowd probably included women and children (:en:bible🎶jhn:06:04), only the men were counted.
- giving thanks - Jesus is praying to God the Father and thanking him for the fish and the loaves.
- he distributed - Jesus broke the loaves and fish first and passed them to his disciples. The disciples then passed the bread and fish to the people.