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


In Context

3 Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

4 Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.

5 When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

6 And this he said to try 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 may take a little.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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