6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.


In Context

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 near.

5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him, he said to Philip, From where 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, said to him,

John 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:6He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:6And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6(And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.