John 6:10

6:10 Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

John 19:20

19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem ⁴  read this notice, ⁵  because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, ⁶  Latin, and Greek.

[6:10]  ¹ tn Grk “Make.”

[6:10]  ² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

[6:10]  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).

[19:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general. See also the note on the phrase Jewish religious leaders” in v. 7.

[19:20]  ⁵ tn Or “this inscription.”

[19:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “in Hebrew.”