1. Later, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (also known as Lake Tiberias).
2. A great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he did in healing the sick.
3. Jesus went up on the side of the hill and sat there with his followers.
4. It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover festival.
5. Jesus looked up and saw a crowd of people coming toward him. He said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough bread for all these people to eat?”
6. He asked Philip this question to test him. Jesus already knew what he planned to do.
7. Philip answered, “We would all have to work a month to buy enough bread for each person here to have only a little piece!”
8. Another follower there was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Andrew said,
9. “Here is a boy with five loaves of barley bread and two little fish. But that is not enough for so many people.”