KJV King James Version
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
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John 6:6
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
WEB World English Bible
This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
ASV American Standard Version
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.
Surrounding context — John 6
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itδὲG1161 · dethenἔλεγενG3004 · legōto sayπειράζωνG3985 · peirazōto test/tempt: temptαὐτόν·G846 · autosit/s/heαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heγὰρG1063 · garforᾔδειG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandτίG5101 · tiswhich?ἔμελλενG3195 · mellōto ensueποιεῖν.G4160 · poieōto do/make: do
Cross-references
Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.Deuteronomy 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
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