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The Jewish feast of Passover was near.(A) [a]When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip,(B) “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” [b]He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 Jesus takes the initiative (in the synoptics, the disciples do), possibly pictured as (cf. Jn 6:14) the new Moses (cf. Nm 11:13).
  2. 6:6 Probably the evangelist’s comment; in this gospel Jesus is never portrayed as ignorant of anything.