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19 lines
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# sit down
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"lie down"
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# Now there was a lot of grass in the place
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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]])
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# So the men sat down, about five thousand in number
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While the crowd probably included women and children ([John 6:4-5](./04.md)), here John is counting only the men.
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# giving thanks
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Jesus prayed to God the Father and thanked him for the fish and the loaves.
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# he gave it
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"he" here represents "Jesus and his disciples." AT: "Jesus and his disciples gave it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) |