# 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 took

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

# broke the loaves

"tore the loaves"

# loaves

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

# Looking up

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