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


In Context

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

4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, |Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?|

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

7 Philip answered him, |Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive 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 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.