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


In Context

3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.

4 The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"

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

7 Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,

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 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.

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.