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


In Context

3 and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

4 and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

5 Jesus then having lifted up his eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' —

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

7 Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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