NET Bible
"(Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.)"
— John 6:4, NET Bible
“And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.”
“Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. ”
“Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.”
“Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.”
“Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.”
“And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.”
The Feeding of the Five Thousand After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee(also called the Sea of Tiberias).
A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.
So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
(Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.)
Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”
(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)
Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”