Text -- John 6:10 (NET)

6:10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 6:10

¹ tn Grk “Make.”

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

³ tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).