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General Information:
The action in the story begins in verse 5.
Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near
John briefly stops telling about the events in the story in order to give background information about when the events happened. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he was going to do
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/translate/writing-background)
for he himself knew
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/translate/figs-rpronouns)