13 So they gathered them,[a] and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

14 Now when[b] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say,[c] “This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!” 15 Then Jesus, because he[d] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make him[e] king, withdrew again up the mountain by himself alone.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. John 6:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. John 6:14 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
  4. John 6:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal
  5. John 6:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation